ShaunaRB
03-01-2009, 11:44 AM
Just wanted to say Hi! and I'm glad I came across this forum!! :D
I recently came across the word "homesteading" while looking up ways to save money and become more self reliant for my family. Boy did that open up more than I could handle!! lol I have been gardening for about 3 years now, with some successes and some failures. I love to can or freeze what I grow when possible.
My dream is to one day move back to W Va., buy some wooded acreage, and not to become completely self reliant (such as living off the grid), but to grow more of a selection of fruits and vegetables, with a couple of wood burning stoves to help save on gas, and some chickens and small animals to provide for hubby and me. Now like I said, it's a dream... but one I'm fighting for. Hubby loves the idea, but right now we have 3 girls in private school (city schools are not the safest here) and even before the economic hardships for the country began, we were living paycheck to paycheck. So, I call the above plan my dream, not being sure if it's attainable or not. For right now though, I want to do what I can, with what little money we have right now, to help us save money and not depend on others (i.e. grocery stores, less water from the city, etc.)
Whew!! Think I'm done! :D
I recently came across the word "homesteading" while looking up ways to save money and become more self reliant for my family. Boy did that open up more than I could handle!! lol I have been gardening for about 3 years now, with some successes and some failures. I love to can or freeze what I grow when possible.
My dream is to one day move back to W Va., buy some wooded acreage, and not to become completely self reliant (such as living off the grid), but to grow more of a selection of fruits and vegetables, with a couple of wood burning stoves to help save on gas, and some chickens and small animals to provide for hubby and me. Now like I said, it's a dream... but one I'm fighting for. Hubby loves the idea, but right now we have 3 girls in private school (city schools are not the safest here) and even before the economic hardships for the country began, we were living paycheck to paycheck. So, I call the above plan my dream, not being sure if it's attainable or not. For right now though, I want to do what I can, with what little money we have right now, to help us save money and not depend on others (i.e. grocery stores, less water from the city, etc.)
Whew!! Think I'm done! :D