Stay tuned....

The Mister and I have purchased 10 acres of land with the intent of becoming self-sufficient (this will raise a hardy grumble from my husband) and eventually building an eco-responsible log home (with our bare hands!).

Our little piece of heaven resides right around the corner from Duck Lake (Springport area), is not suffocating from urban sprawl, and is just far enough away from the neighbors to suit my tastes but close enough so that the Mister doesn’t feel lost.

Our plan is to build up the land slowly – plant tress (fruit, Maple and pine), shrubs, wild flowers and maybe a few “green manure” plots to turn over into the soil and attract wildlife. Gradually adding out buildings, sheds, pole barns, green houses, a cottage, and eventually a permanent homestead.

We will have to move slowly due to school age children in the home, and ex-wifey’s refusal to allow the red heads to move school districts.

Fine.

I like taking it slow anyways…so there.

Anyhoo…

I will need to begin the process of learning to garden, canning and dehydrating my own foods. Knit, grind grain and make cheese. Additionally, I plan on having bees and chickens, so this aught to be quite the process.

For now? I have begun to fumble my way through knitting, ordered vegtables for the raised beds at my current home, bought a dehydrator on ebay and have trees on delivery set up for spring.

Oh! And books….lots, and lots of reading has taken place and much more is warranted.

MichChick is going country folks.