Homesteader's Delight

It's fair to say that our life is completely different.

I'm still scattered from this move. But, I've been taking pictures and will share soon.

Here's the long and short:
For many years our understanding and inspiration, regarding the way we provide for ourselves, has grown.  We felt an urgency to reduce our out-go and learn to produce as much of our own food as possible.  We were inspired by those who left the city in search of greater purpose.  So, we did just that.

We have been grateful for the business we knew and worked for many years. 
But, we knew it wasn't sustainable.
This change has required great faith in our Heavenly Father and in eachother, as a family.

First, we set out to find land that met the following criterion:
price
rainfall
soil quality
growing season length
GreatSchool rating
Winnsboro, Texas met the mark.

We sold our house in Georgetown and found a piece of land in the middle of the countryside with a very simple house.  People in this part of the country aren't city savvy and they talk real slow.  But they're genuine, kind, and good.  The nearest Target is an hour away and Winnsboro doesn't even have a Mcdonalds!

We don't exactly know how we're gonna do this;
(that's where our faith is being s t r e t c h e d) but the plan is to start a homestead for ourselves and then help and encourage others.  We figure we'll do odd jobs, breed and sell small scale farm animals (for homestead use), and sell food at the farmer's market. 

When I named this blog (about 3 years ago) I had NO IDEA what was in store. 

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