Thread: Homesteading / Sustainable Living

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I actually belong to a homesteading page on FB, tons of great info and ideas on there

I would love to talk about it here too

I follow many of the things on that list but I am not by any stretch of the imagination Environmentally Conscious

For me it has to make Financial Sense plus make me happy

I always watch Alaska the last frontier, about homesteaders in Alaska.
Interesting program and very inspirational to watch them trying to build a life way out there... while sitting in my sofa, with central heating on, and a glass of something 100 proof in my hand.

I could see myself being a blacksmith in a small to medium sized community. But the whole 'living off the land' thing is not me
Lots of respect for those who do.

Who's up for for turning this into a homesteading and self-sufficiency thread? Maybe we could do a simple yea or nay response, then tally at this time tomorrow.

My wife informed me there is a fourth R, Repair. I had not thought about it. I would have lumped it under reuse or recycle but it makes sense.

Yea !!!

I would be up to exchange ideas and projects

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Who's up for for turning this into a homesteading and self-sufficiency thread? Maybe we could do a simple yea or nay response, then tally at this time tomorrow.

Aye

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Back in my younger days I was heavily into cave exploring and several times a year we would head down to West Virginia around Greenbrier County and we would spend time looking for new caves. This meant going way back in the hills and we would commonly come upon a clearing with a shack and some outhouses and it was usually a family living totally off the grid. Though very clannish we spent quite some time with them as they knew who we were mostly from our dress and the gear we carried though we were now and then greeted with a shotgun. Some very good folk up there.

Amazing how they were able to make anything they needed and deal with just about any emergency that came up. Most rarely came into town, mostly once a year for barter or sell some produce and buy the few things they couldn't make (mostly handtools, kerosene and such) and the few luxuries (to them) they had.

Most would be surprised how many there are like that scattered around the country. I've run into them in these parts.

I say yea

And yes there are many more people out there living totally off grid than most would think