"I would think you would be really depressed if you went from this way of life back to the way we used to live," The Papa said the other day while we had lunch with friends. Looking back at our life just over three months ago the contrasts are huge. Where once there was electricity [...]

It seems as though it has been ages since I showed you around the homestead. So today I thought I’d share a peek at the latest updates. Cold nights have necessitated some hoophouses. These were built of PVC and plastic sheeting – a short term solution we are hoping. The middle bed is the garlic [...]

It is one thing to say we’re going to move off-grid and start a homestead and it is an entirely different thing to do it. What you think might happen really doesn’t and what you envision your days looking like isn’t really a reality. We’ve spent the past seven weeks learning that lesson, amongst others. [...]

For years I have read that it is all too easy to romanticize the simple life. You know, the life where you haul water, live without electricity, and have to drive at least fifteen minutes to town. Kind of like our life right now. The thing about homesteading, from what I can tell, is that [...]