In 2017, my family went on the Great American Farm Tour. We traveled to all 50 states in 10 months.
The trip started when I asked myself “what would I do if I wasn’t afraid?”. You see I can be a person that takes something and turns it into the most fearful thing in my mind. I watched a youtube video from another channel and they were challenging the viewers to this question. I went straight to Justin and I talked with him about the question that was posed. He asked me what I would do if I wasn’t afraid and my response was to travel.
We had been living on family property and we were at a point where we were wanting to put down deep roots but didn’t know if this was the farm we wanted to do it at. With so many other things in life we wanted to make sure this was what we wanted not just what was easy or comfortable. It was an exciting 10 months and at the end we knew without a shadow of a doubt that our farm was our farm. We set into motion the purchasing of the rest of the acreage in Dec 2017 shortly after arriving home.
This trip was a great eye opener for my kids as far as seeing the way other people homesteaded and farmed. It also helped them realize that our homestead is the best homestead for us. At one point in the trip we had a realtor come out and start the process of selling. We talked with the kids about this and they were so sad. They cried more than we expected.
I am so thankful we went on that trip and realized that really the grass greenest where you water it. We are here working as diligently as we can together as a family to tend the grass on this homestead.
What would you do if you weren’t afraid?
I am not well traveled. I’ve never flown on a plane. I’ve never been north of Ohio or west of Texas.I’m not as well traveled as some may say one should be, but this piece of land has housed all of my fondest memories…
Do you ever worry that your kids will miss out because of this homesteading lifestyle choice? This fear crosses my mind time to time. I’m sure many, if not most of you, could agree that it can be extremely difficult to get extended time away from the homestead for more than a full day, especially in the busy summer months when daily chores demand our regular attention…
What a high calling to teach, train, and raise our children. Yet all around us the world is screaming of how little worth motherhood holds. It is truly a detriment to the family how the world would belittle the work of a mother…
Involving Our Children
Even when the task is risky
As homesteaders there are many instances when we are creating things that hold a certain level
of risk, or even where we need to keep our concentration on the task at hand…
“In some Native languages the term for plants translates to ‘those who take care of us’ … the land knows you, even when you are lost.” – Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass…
Babies, Business, and Bumper Crops: How I am Learning to Homestead with Babies in Tow
Have you ever had one of those days? You know the days when you are cleaning the baby’s diaper, milking the cow, scooping poop in the barn, wiping noses, and cleaning more poop off of kids’ shoes…
Hey there, Homesteading Mama’s!
I’m Rachel from @frontier_homesteading. My husband Ryan, three children and I have been homesteading for about 10 years now, first in Wyoming and now in Alaska.
We currently have milk goats, pack goats, sheep, a pig, a cow, chickens, rabbits, bees and a dog. Seasonally, we also have more pigs, meat chickens and turkeys….
Stained glass windows date back to the 7th century. With the earliest known reference dating
from 675 AD when workmen were imported from France to Britain to Glaze the windows of a
monastery…
Homesteading and growing food is not the easy way out of this life, i would say it is the hard way as there’s nothing convenient about it. It’s a lifestyle, a life change not a trend or hobby. Well, that’s my opinion any way…
