We started moving out to my in-law's house in September. It has been a slow process of getting the new place ready, moving, working on things at our old house, having major family events, getting settled, and having a baby!
We want our new place to be more than just a house and a home for our family; we are also working on homesteading. We want our family to live healthy lives. We want our kids to have responsibilities with animals, to be familiar with different animals, to grow and eat foods so they can see where they come from, and to know how to make things instead of just going to the store and buying them.
We know we won't be able to do all this perfectly at first... But it will be a learning experience for all of us.
So a couple of weeks before Christmas we got ourselves some goats! We purchased three milking goats and brought two of them home from Commerce Ga on December 15th and we will be getting the third in February after she has her babies. We have been cleaning up our shrubbery and trees, burning our burn piles, building fences, starting composting, clearing out barns and cleaning up spaces for a chicken coop.
Riding home with four 'kids' in the car!
Yay for compost!
We want our new place to be more than just a house and a home for our family; we are also working on homesteading. We want our family to live healthy lives. We want our kids to have responsibilities with animals, to be familiar with different animals, to grow and eat foods so they can see where they come from, and to know how to make things instead of just going to the store and buying them.
We know we won't be able to do all this perfectly at first... But it will be a learning experience for all of us.
v. 1 the act of transforming a home into a property that produces some or all of its residents own food and other subsistence needs.
v. 2 participation in home-based activities such as gardening, raising poultry or small livestock, producing simple products through cottage industry, minimizing consumer purchases, and generally seeking ways to increase self-sufficiency within the home environment.
v. 3 the creation of an homestead with the goal of reducing one’s environmental impact and returning to a home-based, family-centered, self-sufficient way of life.
So a couple of weeks before Christmas we got ourselves some goats! We purchased three milking goats and brought two of them home from Commerce Ga on December 15th and we will be getting the third in February after she has her babies. We have been cleaning up our shrubbery and trees, burning our burn piles, building fences, starting composting, clearing out barns and cleaning up spaces for a chicken coop.
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Our Goats
Riding home with four 'kids' in the car!
Noel Holly - She is the smaller one
They are chillin in their house to stay out of the drizzly rain
Second day feeding the goats
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Other homesteading projects
Yay for compost!
We are converting our old greenhouse into a chicken coop that leads outside. They will be able to roam around in a large space behind the barn as well.
We will be starting on planting in the upcoming months to have plenty of fresh veggies throughout the year.
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