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[Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

Roxann; I know what you mean. I don't think it's any harder as a woman; 
I have a tractor that, in many respects, is a good substitute for a 
strong man :-) There are many homestead jobs that are hard to do alone, 
though. Jobs that are SO much easier if you have someone on the other 
end...turning the electric fence on and off while you fix/test it a 
quarter mile away, carrying the other end of a 4x8 piece of plywood, etc.

My biggest problem is that I had to buy out my ex's share of the farm, 
so I acquired a big 30 year mortgage at age 50. I'll need steady (not 
big, but steady) income until I'm 80. Once the kids are grown, I could 
raise enough food for myself and live cheaply, but there's that mortgage...

Lynn Wigglesworth


roxann wrote:
> Lynn,
> 
> I'm considering the alone thing now too and wondered how hard it will be to 
> do as a woman. But there's an old man who lives a few miles down the road 
> who is alone and doesn't drive and he is doing fine on his own. He's not 
> raising animals and lives from what he grows in the garden and the deer 
> that we give him from time to time. I think that's how I will do it. The 
> area of influence will shrink around my house until I am surrounded by 
> wilderness except for my little zone of living right around the house and 
> I'll learn to live on a diet I can produce on my own or gather, like the 
> old man down the road. We are fortunate to live in a spot where this is 
> possible, I think. The seasons aren't so harsh that everything dies in 
> winter and there's always something around to eat within easy walking 
> distance, and especially so if I keep a few chickens and a small garden and 
> can reduce my input needs.
> 
> Roxann, NW AR
> http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the homestead)
> 
>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Lynn Wigglesworth 
>  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Music was  Newsweek -
>  Sent: 25 Oct '08 14:01
>  
>   I don't know what kind of homesteading you want to do, and if your wife
>  is willing to help. If it involves raising food and animals, that's hard
>  to do alone. I'm healthy, but at 52 I just don't have the energy I did
>  30 years ago. I have so many plans, but not enough time/money/energy to
>  do them. Things fall down faster than I can fix them. I love this life,
>  but somedays I feel like I'm not doing it right. I have this dream that
>  someday I might get caught up.
>  
>  Lynn Wigglesworth
>  
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