Was feeling a bit overwhelmed a while back with everything that needed doing on the homestead. Partially exacerbated by the personal desire to turn the continuously falling trees on my property into biochar. Also grappling with the adulting of my teen sons who contributed a good bit of labor to the homestead during their tenure.
My conclusion was that I need to prune, hard. No more raising beef, dropping back to a pig every other year instead of every year, and a smaller garden. Still trying to keep up the biochar project. I’ve got around 4 cords of wood cut that I’d like to char, but after that, planning to take a break and work on other things.
Endeavors that have made the cut are wood heat/cooking, sheep, chickens, veg garden, and the fruit/nut trees I planted in my pasture, and of course biochar.
Equipment (other than hand tools)includes a weedeater, push mower, chainsaw, trash pump, and garden tractor. Resisted the urge to level up on equipment years ago when a friend was telling me about servicing his Kabota by the book and the cost of a rear rim when it rusted out.
Hard to say if it will be enough to relax a bit, but that is the goal.
