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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Hi and welcome, Rene'.  I love Montana; have relatives there, but it has been 
a long time since I visited.  Yellowstone is like Eden .  I would love to 
live in a place like Montana; 'But', it is waaaay too cold , for me, in the 
winter.  Please feel free to share any stories, observations, Montana ideals, 
etc., as you please.........................

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--- On Mon, 1/19/09, outwest4us AT yahoo.com <outwest4us AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: outwest4us AT yahoo.com <outwest4us AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Hello from Montana
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 10:17 AM
> My name is Rene' and I live on a small ranch in the
> mountains (actually in the valley between 2 mountain ranges)
> of SW Montana with my husband and 2 children.
> 
> We have horses fie pleasure but its getting
> expensive...price if hay is ridiculous here.  We used to
> have chickens but its just too cold most of the year here,
> even with heated coops, so we gave up.  :-(
> 
> We are putting up a green house this spring and will be
> installing solar panels and a windmill for power hopefully
> this year.  Currently, we do all our heating with wood that
> we cut ourselves.   
> 
> The rural and most self sustaining lifestyle we can have is
> for us! 
> 
> Nice to be part of an active list.
> 
> 
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry