Frugal Living. July 31st, 2008 Most homesteaders know as well as anyone that the current state of the US economy isn’t very good.
Are probably aware enough to see that it’s not getting better any time soon, either. Hopefully the homesteader has been wise enough to purchase his/her chunk of land far enough away from the ‘boom’ cities and regions that they got a good deal on it, as it probably represents the only real assets that family has. Of course, there are the other assets related. The house and outbuildings, the farm and garden equipment and tools, the vehicles that get the homesteader to markets or trade-meets, auctions, etc., and the food (and energy) supplied by the property and proper investments in the property.
But there are some issues to be considered as the retail marketplace takes as hard of hits as the banking sector is taking. Then there are the “downsizings.” This has so far translated into the loss of roughly 100,000 retail jobs. Links: Related Ads: Freedom Acres Farm. Gypsys Wanderings. A homesteading blog of one woman's life experiences where she gives homestead tips and advice as learned through her happy wanderings along the path of life.
This blog is about simple living and getting on with the job of honest homesteading. It's about working with the land, and the animals. It's about hardships and tears, joys and celebrations. Follow her regular contributions by visiting often and we wish you all happy reading! Gypsy’s Wanderings as told through her Homesteading Blog Hello and welcome to my wanderings homesteading blog.
I'm the owner of One Sky Ranch in SW Iowa. I came to this place when I was 27 years old, with 2 young boys and the shirt on my back. Eventually I bought sheep, a cow and learned how to make over 300 kinds of cheese. Somewhere along the line I decided I wanted to be a cowgirl. One day, a friend of mine called me from his cell phone from my drive-way. Gypsy with her steer at One Sky Ranch, Iowa. 50 Best Homesteading blogs.
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The Dalton the dog, Dudley the house cat, and the barn cats eat the homemade food I prepare for them weekly. The process is simple and only takes about 45 minutes from start to finish. Sort of my version on Stone Soup for them. Do any of you remember that children’s book? I pull out a rather large stock pot and start adding things to it. Next I add several types of rice, oh’ I don’t know, about 1 cup.
Food from the garden being processed to feed our pets This is good wholesome food, I’m not talking about feeding them the bad, spoiled left overs, those go to the compost. The carrots that were too little or badly misshapen were washed well, cut, blanched and frozen. This week’s meals was a combination of baked ham, grilled steak, zucchini, green beans, beet tops, carrot peals and tops, wild rice, long grain rice, barley, a bit of whole wheat macaroni, sunflower oil and 2 beef bullion cubes.
Like this: Like Loading... Garden » Moonmeadow Farm. My Freezer is Full. Living a Simple Life. Feeding The Hungry. May 21st, 2008 Recognizing Hunger In Your Neighborhood This will be a series over the next few weeks about a subject that too many of us try hard not to think about, and which too many believe does not impact their immediate neighborhood or region. People in America are going hungry, and for a number of reasons from apathy to pride to a real shortage of government funding, are not being fed. If you don’t think it affects you or your town or county, you’re sadly mistaken.
This series is about ways to tackle that problem head-on, and perhaps build a network of friends and neighbors who will help. My family homesteads in the deep countryside, but not all successful homesteaders are rural dwellers. On that level we rural homesteaders seem to be somewhat lagging behind, as we simply don’t have a lot of close neighbors and tend to be quite a bit more isolated, at least in the early years. “This Is America. Posts to This Series: Related Ads: Howtohomestead.org. Modern Homesteading videos.