Homesteading - What does that even mean?
Homesteading –I mean seriously - what does that even mean? I browse websites, read blogs, scroll Pinterest with more and more interest pondering this theme of “homesteading”. This is something I have considered for a while. Is it just merely the nostalgia of a time no more? Is it the newest “thing” for city folks converted to country folks on their acre and a half of land? What does it mean? During the blah of Winter, we have been binge watching seasons of Little House, so to me Homesteading seems like a way of life that no longer exists. A simple life in some aspects, but oh so much more physical work and preparation involved. I’ll be honest, there are days I’d love to be Caroline Ingalls – working alongside my husband, storing food in my soddy for winter, listening to Charles play his fiddle in the evening because there is no TV to get wrapped up in or Facebook to draw me in, and just enjoying life. Ok – so reality is, they are actors depicting a story slightly different t
