I tried aand mostly failed at a garden this year. Will try to prep my soil over the winter & try again.
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I know that feeling. We got nothing accomplished this year. Here's to hoping I can get a jump start on it in a few months.I tried aand mostly failed at a garden this year. Will try to prep my soil over the winter & try again.
My partner and I are in the process of home-buying right now for our first homestead. We're probably going to start looking in February. It's definitely exciting! We are learning all we can while still being in an apartment. I know as soon as we move in, even if there is 3 feet of snow, I'm going to be outside, staking out the garden! Good luck in your endeavors!Hey y'all! New to Backyard Chickens and new to the whole raising chickens thing!
I've become very interested in homesteading and becoming as self-sufficient as possible. Recently I moved back in with my parents so my boyfriend and I can save money to buy some land and start a homestead of our own. During my time here I've been experimenting as much as possible and taking advantage of all of my parents land and resources to get the ball rolling and gain experience. So far my plans include expanding the garden (with hopes of having a booth at the local farmers market this summer, also crossing my fingers that shortly I won't have to rely on store bought produce), raising a small flock of chickens along with coop building, experimenting with fermentation (I have kombucha up to my ears right now), and experimenting with harvesting and making my own herbal remedies. I have so much to look forward to this summer with everything i've been investing my time in.
I started this thread just to possibly gain some knowledge on any of the above subjects, have conversations, hear stories, make some friends with similar thoughts etc, etc. with other homesteaders or self-sufficient experts out there! So if any of you are interested in sharing anything with me I'd be more than happy to converse! Thanks for reading! Hope to hear from some of you soon!
Justine
We are going to live in Washtenaw County in Michigan. It's near the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area. We are actually going to a down-payment assistance program tomorrow and then I'm going to contact the USDA Dept of Rural Development and see if I can get one of their fixed-rate, no down payment loans. That would be amazing and we would HAVE to buy a country house to qualify for that one. We may be able to get more house than originally planned if that goes through!@2boys1homestead how exciting! Where are you looking for a home?! Good luck in finding one! You must be super anxious to get started, I know I am. I wrote this original post awhile ago and time has been moving so quickly! We're still trying to save up for our move, which hopefully comes sooner than later. And you know how things go....plans change etc etc and things haven't gone exactly as planned. Still so anxious for the time to come!!
Good luck!!! My fingers are crossed for you guys! All good things!We are going to live in Washtenaw County in Michigan. It's near the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area. We are actually going to a down-payment assistance program tomorrow and then I'm going to contact the USDA Dept of Rural Development and see if I can get one of their fixed-rate, no down payment loans. That would be amazing and we would HAVE to buy a country house to qualify for that one. We may be able to get more house than originally planned if that goes through!