I knew a few things about myself before we started homesteading.  I mean I recognized a few aspects of my personality that would be obstacles to traditional homesteading.  I knew that I didn’t exactly have a green thumb. I knew that I would have to develop greater upper body strength to chop wood, and I

Once upon a time, we thought we were homesteaders.   For me, that word always brings one of two images to mind: the classic old farmhouse with the el connecting to the barn surrounded by gardens, fields, and outbuildings stretching up toward the woodline, or acres of trees with a dirt drive leading to a