Edith Horn

Sandy Ann wrote:Hi
I've been following and watching many off Grid stories but I noticed it seems to attract mainly men. Are there any girls out there doing off grid alone?
I'd love to hear from you

I purchased 10 acres in northeast Nevada about several years ago. Now that I'm retired my dream of homesteading can now start to become a reality. Time to start putting all that information I've been collecting over the years into some practical application. As a child growing up in L.A. I loved frontier films and specifically Grizzly Adams. I'd love to live in the mountains of Montana but I found property prices were high and going up, so looks like NE Nevada may have to be the location I start my homestead. And this 52 year old lady will get'er done no matter what. Trail and error and learning from other. Nothing is too hard when your mindset is determined to do it.

Cat Knight wrote:So we have some property in northern Nevada (high desert) and it is nearly flat and treeless. g me nearly nothing- free reused nursery pots, free seeds, and some potting soil that I do buy cheaply from the city who produces an award winning blend. I'm using a dartboard approach- with as many as I'll plant, some will grow.

If nothing grows, I'm out a couple bags of potting soil. If they grow, but don't bear fruit, I can graft better fruiting branches to them later, or cut them for wood. If they produce fruit that isn't good for eating, I can still (in the case of apples) potentially get hog food, cider, or pectin from them. I guess it is my own sorta tree landrace-ish. If they bear tasty fruit, then I hit the jackpot.

So why in the fudge are they being so damn negative about this? Is this really that stupid of a plan...If it is please tell me why? Or are they just too caught up in the yard landscaping city mindset to even conceive of this?

Not Crazy at all.
I have property in northeastern Nevada I purchased some years ago. I just retired and will be moving to the property. I pretty much have a same plan, so the Good Lord willing, I'll have some luck. I'm at 5600' The mountain slopes well enough for run off and a few flat areas and plenty of depressions for harvesting water. Happy harvesting.