Homesteading: Our Journey Begins

Yesterday was such a wonderful day of awakening and positive energy. I wrote a post about homesteading and it was liked by others. That was a truly amazing feeling. I have written for years, but I am very hard on myself. I guess I felt a little bit validated. It was also wonderful to see there are other people think and feel like I do. There are so many members of society seem to be sucked into the rat-raced brainwashing of today. I do not knock them, I feel for them. It is my hope that the world may one day become like simpler times. I believe all humans will be better off for it: healthier, happier and satisfied with life.

So, I shared my post with my family yesterday and my enthusiasm. We really got down to talking about how we can start doing some homesteading activities with the limitations that we have, until we are able to get our own home/land. Everyone wants to be apart of it. The details and activities of homesteading have been explained and the work that it entails. The kids are totally into it and cannot wait.

We are starting some indoor growths from cuts and are going to be cleaning out all of the gardening pots. I want to put everything in pots, buckets and whatever else will work because the plan is to move this summer. With this timeline I will either have to not garden this year or have to leave a garden midsummer. I would rather have to plant less and be able to take what we have with us than either of the other two options.

We have two pet rabbits. A New Zealand buck, who is approx 6-7 years old. My daughters best friend rescued him in the Philippines while vacationing there roughly six years ago. That is a whole story in itself and maybe one day I will write it out for you all. Well we ended up with him and he has been loved and cherished since. We have a Holland Lop buck, 1.5 years old, that the kids adore. He is box trained and loves to run around the house and then snuggle when he is all tuckered out. His black and white coloring is beautiful and he is so soft to the touch. We recently had bred him with our youngest childs Holland Lop doe, sadly she and her babies did not make it. The kids were prepared for this possibility and took it better than we, the parents, did. We had not been as prepared as we thought to lose one of our children's pets. We did however put on our big kid panties and get through.

We are getting meat rabbits this weekend. The plan is that the kids can be friendly with the does and buck but the babies will not be their pets. They are for one purpose. My daughter is working on becoming the rabbit expert. We do eventually plan to have a few types of rabbits for different purposes, when we have the room. Along with the rabbits for meat, I am going to start learning to make my own soil/fertilizer from the droppings. I do not know where we are going to set this up at the moment but it is in the plans.

Last night we started upcycling unwanted clothing into fabric that we can use while we learn to sew and it will be cost effective for us. We can make different things, starting out slowly and have a variety different types of fabric. We also saved buttons, zippers, elastic and lace. We just did this off the cuff, so to speak. so hopefully we did okay.

Today is grocery day. I am really excited because I have recently learned how to regrow a plethora of produce. I have tried it in the past, but was missing a step. My kitchen will be full of starts in the coming weeks. I can buy organic produce and regrow or harvest seeds from them. I am actually fairly good at harvesting and keeping seeds. I have done this many times; from tomatoes, to lavender and strawberries to green beans. I have also harvested from roses, other flowers, fruit trees, and more. It always makes me happy to know that I will have the means of growing more food for my family from each seed.

We have started with a small list, but I think it is a good list to start for now. Another item on the agenda for this next week is to work on downsizing. We have a lot of things we just do not need anymore. It should be freeing and liberating. The excitement is there as well as the work. I awoke happy and ready to get to work again. I have a complicated medical history so some days as better than others, but my lovely nineteen year old has the same love and passion for this as my s/o and I do! I am very thankful for her. I am also so happy she relishes this life that we are journeying too.

I wish you all a wonderful day filled with positive energy, happiness and smiles.