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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

Roxann; I agree that the website's point about spouses and everyone sharing 
the dream are the most important things he wrote. Homesteading alone after 
your spouse runs screaming back to the city is difficult.

The idea of draft ponies is interesting, and if I ever have the time and 
money to play around, I might try it. I don't do any plowing, but could use 
them for hauling. For now, my tractor is good enough..

Also, I was 41 when we moved here, with 2 babies, 1 and 3 years old. I would 
not have been able to clear land and build a house, barn, and workshop from 
scratch (mostly by myself, given my ex's reluctance). I bought an old farm 
basically for the price of the land; I got cleared, fenced pastures, 
buildings, a well, septic, driveway, etc. Everything was falling down, but 
many of the problems (drainage, etc) had been worked out over the 80+ years 
the farm was in operation. Much of it could limp along functioning until I 
found the time/money to fix it. Some is still limping along 13 years later. 
The house needed (still needs) a lot of work, but not nearly as much as 
building from scratch.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "roxann" <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] A homestead plan


> Rob, I read the article earlier and I wondered how your experience was 
> different. Mine is different too. But a lot of the points he raised was 
> dead on. For example, all of the reasons he listed for why a spouse might 
> not stick with the plan are like hearing the exact words from my husband! 
> and it is hard, has been hard for a few years now, but i'm beginning to 
> finally see some progress and think that next year should be better. i 
> prefer to have the tractor, but am having to make do without right now, 
> whereas he seems to think one unnecessary. if for no other reason than to 
> auger post holes, i want a tractor.
>
> Roxann, NW AR
> http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the homestead)
> http://www.madisonwoods.wordpress.com (Fantasy Fiction works in progress)
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Rob <becida AT comcast.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] A homestead plan
> Sent: 19 Aug '09 19:47
>
> This has shown up on a couple of lists and I found it interesting. My
> experience was different that this authors but that's to be expected.
>
> http://campfire.theoildrum.com/node/5661
>
>
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