Some pictures of our homestead, taken last year. Now, our
homestead is quite old. Our outbuildings are a mix of ancient
ones his great-grandparents used, and more modern ones built by Steve's
grandparents.
Steve's grandfather did alot of gardening and landscaping. But
for 20+ years, it has been unattended and left to itself. We have
alot of taming and reclaiming to do. But we are thankful for such
a wooded and shady homestead. That is very rare in this part of
the midwest.
The house obviously needs a paint job and a new roof, as well. But this is our 7 acre homestead, where we hope to move.
The old milk house and windmill.
The old granary, which needs to be torn down, unfortunately.
The driveway side of the house.
The old kennel. Seeing the children running free in the wide
spaces is one of my favorite sights when we visit the homestead.
A view from the end of the driveway, out toward the mailbox across the gravel road.
My favorite view, out across his Grandma's field, at the hill across the highway. Sometimes we can see cattle on this hill.
The side yard and tree line.
The old water garden and trees outside the kitchen window and back porch, looking toward the garage.
The front end of the house, although it needs sprucing up. The
back porch has been used as the main entry for years and the front
entry has become lost in the shrubbery.
The back porch.
And the old milking barn/kennel.
Some of the treed areas that need to be reclaimed.
And a picture of R next to Grandma's hay bale in her field just behind
the milking barn. She didn't believe it was really that tall,
until we told her to go stand beside it.
Posted by teapots66 on 2006-Oct-11 at 11:36 AM - Link
Hi, April, I stopped by your blog after seeing you featured on the Front Porch. Congratulations! I enjoy seeing your homestead - I can almost envision your hubby's grandmother coming outside in her work dress & apron to attend to the chickens or something outside.... looks like a wonderful future plan. -Chris
We are a Christian homeschooling family with 7 children (ages 13, 12, 10, 8, 5, 3, and 9 months). We love having "room to breathe" in rural Central Kansas, and are working to make the "family homeplace" our own home.
