Hi! I’m a lifelong farm kid who grew up and just couldn’t handle subdivision life. We live on an acre but it’s more like a miniature homestead than just a big yard. We have chickens, cats, a dog that thinks he’s one of the kids, an orchard, and a garden that grows enough food for an army. Other than milk products, we haven’t been “grocery” shopping in years. My boys refer to the basement as the grocery store. We can all year round and get meat from local farmers or hunting and fishing. I dehydrate, ferment, and even bake all our bread from scratch. My husband is convinced that our boys will have to find significant others out in the wild, because they thrive on being freethinkers and devourers of all things homemade. We have traveled to 42 of the 50 states with a truck and trailer over the years with our kids. Oh and on the side I’m a 20 year retired army guard vet and a civil engineer (still practicing), cause I’m unable to sit still and might have been one of them from the wild myself!
from Ohio!
