[Homestead] Go ld -- feel free to ignore
Lynn Wigglesworth
lynnw1366 at hotmail.com
Tue Dec 9 09:59:31 EST 2008
> What exactly are you saying that I should prepare for ? Being tired and
> sweaty? Being frustrated when a crop doesn't perform ? I think I can
> handle all of that Lynn. Imagine if it were just you and an imaginary
> husband. You didn't have to worry about zoning. Your (imaginary) husband
> had somewhere else to go, for short or long periods of time if 'he' didn't
> like the stress. You had no mortgage. You had several years of canned
> and dried foods, and some , maybe not much, but some, assets left. Would
> you feel as pressured as you now feel?
>
If your idea of homesteading is opening a can of beans from your big
stockpile, I guess that doesn't take much physical labor. That's not my idea
of homesteading. But you've been writing about building a house, raising
your own food, etc. I mean 'prepare' as in learn the skills before you need
them. Can you handle physical work? From things you've written, I got the
impression that you were more than a little out of shape. To go from city
life to homesteading is a major culture shock if you don't prepare.
Lynn Wigglesworth
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