posted 8 years ago
Looking forward to exploring this site! I'm a married farm-lady in her early thirties. I have lived on a farm my whole life, and have dreamed of a self-sufficient homestead living since I was just a little kid. I devoured the Foxfire books when I was six and seven. My husband and I bought a 75 acre, previously Amish-owned farm in the fall of 2015 (we moved here from a much smaller farm). We are in the process of slowly bringing it back to life since it was sadly neglected for a lot of years. I have a small herd (six females) of Brown Swiss and Hereford cattle, lots of chickens, meat rabbits, and an orchard with apples, peaches, plums, pears, blueberries, blackberries, and grapes. We use a woodburning stove for heat. In the coming years, I'd like to improve the pastures and fencing, add pigs, bees, goats, a draft horse or mule or two, turkeys, quail, ducks, and geese. I would also like to add solar panels, a windmill, and a hand-powered water pump to the homestead. Along with a huge list of other goals. I am very interested in learning lost skills like hide tanning, home butchering, herbal remedies, etc. I would love to find/grow a group of likeminded nearby people to start a homestead club of sorts that meets often and discusses homesteading topics, has swap-meets for seeds, plants, livestock, handmade goods, etc, and just creates a nice feeling of being a part of something bigger. Please feel free to reach out and say hi! I'd love to make new friends.
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