What is Homesteading?
"Homesteading has more than one meaning. It used to mean qualifying for free government land because you lived on it, built a house on it, and so on. Now it means living on the land and trying for at least some degree of home production of your needs, especially food. When people who were raised in cities try to accomplish that, I believe it can be every bit as much of a challenge for them as crossing the plains was for our pioneer ancestors. People go to all kinds of places to do their homesteading: the suburbs of their city, the mountains of Appalachia or the western United States, the northeastern United States, the Midwest, northern California, Alaska, Canada, Mexico. No matter where you are or go -- if you can grow a garden and raise some animals, you're a homesteader. And a fortunate human being!" --- Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living
Lorrie and Howard....
Genesis 1: 11-13
Genesis 2:15
A place where the soap has to be washed before you can wash your hands
A place where a salesman, the crop inspector, and the vet can find a meal if they just happen to arrive at 11:45.
A place where you can almost always smell the aroma of baking. The 10-pound bag of flour is a way of life.
A place where, during the spring, the cardboard by the back door is changed as often as the wet socks.
A place where laundry day is a 12-hour siege.
A place where the lights turn out late and turn on early.
