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Homestead?I read on someone's blog that the definition of homestead was "to be steadfast at home". I have tried to find this blog again but I could not.We don't have a farm. We live in a subdivision at the foothills of the Appalachian Trail. We have a half acre lot, but some of that runs down into a gully. We have a little chicken coop with 4 hens. They provide us with all the eggs we can eat. We heat our home with a wood stove (by choice) that my brother gave us, and then he drove 600 miles the next summer to install it for us. (Does he love me or what!)  We mill our own wheat that we buy from Bread Beckers close to Atlanta, Ga. We buy our honey from a beekeeper down the road. We try our best not to go to the doctor. We use herbs and listen to the older men and women at our church. I have tried to make a lot of the things we use. I have been successful in that I only go to the store once a week now. Gas is high and I try to make it on $10 a week (this week I've used $20). In 2 weeks we have only ate out once!!!(yeah) Now we're working on 3. We help my dad with his garden (he's 75 and still plows his garden if we don't get there in time). He puts up frozen vegetables and I can what he doesn't freeze. This year we would like to have our own garden. Maybe one day, we can have pigs, cows, and expand our little homestead. But until then we will be "steadfast at home". Angelamichelle Leave a Comment { Last Page } { Page 33 of 37 } { Next Page } |
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