Elanor Gardner

Step 1: Find several different plots of land you would like to own.
Step 2: Learn to write an offer to purchase land.
Step 3: Find out with an online property tax gis website, or with a platbook, who owns the land.
Step 4: Stop by each owner and ask if the ever thought of selling some acres. Ask them if it would be okay, if, in the future, you throw an offer to purchase in their mailbox.
Step 5: For all the owners that said okay, or even seemed " on the fence" put an offer in their mailbox.
I bought 10 wooded acres with a small house on it some years ago. The lady was looking to move as her husband died.

My current homestead does best at growing perennial foods and medicinal herbs. We are pretty good at caring for chickens and kitties too. We are good at making soap.

John Townsend did an episode on making coffins.     The coffin recipe starts way towards the end of the video

I talked to a building inspector this week. He said get me this, that and the other. Than we'll get a building permit. Then they township sent me a signed building permit application I had submitted, and said let this signed application serve as your building permit. Can I go, or can I not go? I am so confused.

Once we were remodeling and two friends stopped over to help mud the drywall. I had to feed them, so while two continued the work, one gal and I went off to the kitchen to make food. I made egg bake. We had eggs. Hash brown squares and sausage keep well in the freezer, so we had that too. We live in Wisconsin so we ALWAYS have cheese, and cream, and I threw in a can of drained green beans. Baked it while we worked on the house. The only lengthy part was browning the sausage. To sum up, layer frozen brown squares in a cake pan. Brown a pound of ground sausage and spread across hash browns. Whip 12 eggs with a pint of cream, salt and pepper, and pour over sausage.  Cover with green beans and shredded cheddar. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit 75 minutes covered with foil and 15 minutes more uncovered.

Diuretics: dandelion root tincture or dandy blend tea, or helichrysum essential oil ( I use edens garden brand).  Watch out with the magnesium recommendation above if you are on high blood pressure pills You'll find sometimes, that you have a lower blood pressure with magnesium supplementation. I'm no doctor, but I heard from one that sometimes it is a magnesium deficiency that causes high blood pressure in the first place.

Funny to see your post today about microgreens. I just watched a video 2 days ago about broccoli microgreens being one of 3 key foods to add to a Mediterranean diet to really burn visceral fat rapidly. The other two were walnuts and salmon. Good luck with your growing!

That is a thought. Thistles are the one plant we work hardest at removing from the garden. You are not planning on planting them in a garden though... Natives are a great addition to your land. Thistles are cool in their own way, bring edible and a pollinator. I think if I did a butterfly garden, they would fit right in. I will be curious to see what you decide.

I received a letter in the mail today. It was from the county. They've issued me an address. It is a small step but it somehow makes this homestead build into a very permanent thing.

Three was a mama and two baby doves that had camped out on the front steps for a couple days after leaving the nest.