Underground Housing

http://www.undergroundhousing.com/index.html

Solar Energy

I am starting some research on solar power. It upsets me that we have to disrupt living things to feed power to millions. I found an interesting video blog on what they call "Green energy". You can view a sample video at
http://www.mnstories.com/archives/2005/07/its_about_power.html

I knew a few family's once who used Solar power. I am going to do some research and will post what I can find. I am still holding on to the dream of being able to live off the land. Now back to reality and House cleaning.

Backwoods Home Web Sight

http://www.backwoodshome.com

Summer Days

They came from the County and tried to fix the end of our drive way. We have a typical dirt road that is in the need of gravel. And a grading. The County came without our asking and came up from the highway about 20 feet. I am guessing on the distance as I have never measured this. Anyway we had rain. As we have been getting bits of the rain since the last hurricane came into the gulf. Now to get out of the drive your in a mud pile. All we now is a couple of dirt bikes and we would be having fun. There is always so much to do in any home and today is no exception. The boys are taking it easy and I have been working on the kitchen a little bit at a time but have been sidetracked by the computer.
I am still dreaming of a big Mid-western farm house with sweet corn from the garden covered with fresh home-made sweet butter from the fresh milk from my Dairy Cow. Have a wonderful summer day.

Goodmorning Good Day

It is my resolve today on July 9th, 2005 here in middle Georgia that I will not partake of sugar or flour for 6 weeks. Ugh. Can I do it? Will I fall down. I start with the wonderful cup of coffee. I did not put in the sugar and oh by the way I hate sweeteners unless it is honey. I recall a girl many years ago who went on some kind of food deterrence like this, long before the word 'Adkins" came out. I am so tired of being 45 and carrying around more weight then I have ever had in my whole life. I know that I am the one who can make this work. So here is my musings to myself.

''You can do it !''

Another hour in my Homestead Heart

It seems when I open one can of worms another one is waiting. Not really that is just a saying I heard somewhere. Luie went to the Cardiologist today for a test they will now put him through another stress test. I do not know if he will have to have a 2nd open heart surgery but I pray he does not. It has been a long 6 years for all of us. I guess most of all him. I went out and we did check the oil in the car it was down. I am not sure why only that the car is now at 100,000 miles well it will be in a few days or weeks. It is sad for a 2001 vehicle. Anyhow, on his way to the test he bought and put some oil in the car. I pray that I can keep up with the bills. It is so hard on one income.

The stress I fell is so overwhelming at times. I am so exhausted and if I could just rest somewhere I would feel better. The whole time I was gone on my vacation I felt rested. It was the night before I knew I had to come home to Luie and this house that I felt overwhelmed. It is too hot in the day now at 4:55 pm to do anything. The house is hot and with only one room air conditioned I have to limit my work around here to early morning or late at night. I wish I could have a garden. I so wanted to have fresh vegetables. I bought a hudge roto-tiller last year and it is all a waist of time as I cannot even lift the darn thing. I think I want to get one of the manthis tillers. I found them at http://mantisgardentools.com/ . I know this one would work so much better in boxed gardens. They were showing on the DYI network. Here is the link to the treliss they were building for growing vegetables that grow on the support of vines. It is cool and when I get to a permanent homestead I will put in garden beds like these.

Peace and Carrots Farm

This is one of my favorite homesteads in Vermont.

http://www.homestead.com/peaceandcarrots/

Living in the Country is not necessarily my dream homestead

I dream about living on some land that has neighbors a few miles down the road, so I can have my privacy and a creek near by for good fishing. A good open spot for my square-foot organic gardening. A big red barn and a nice tractor for plowing. A few farm animals. Just the life that is peacefully and full of living. I am living now in middle Georgia and this is not my dream land. Parts of Georgia are wonderful, like in the northern part of the state. I guess you could say my heart is still in the Midwest. When you grow up in Minnesota as I did and parts of the Minnesota and Wisconsin land are in my soul. I am chained to a job that pays the bills but dream of being my own boss. I love the people I work with but working 4-10 hour nights are difficult to say the least and I have almost been at my job for 7 years. My oldest son begs me to up and move near him in Wisconsin. I have told my husband that I have spent 13 years of my life here with him but it is time we all move where my family is. He is slowly coming around but not ready to give up his family. My husband has been sick for 5 years. He has not worked since then. At times It makes me feel resentful. You see he does not share my homesteaders heart. He would be happy to stay here on the 2.3 acres and have all his "junk". I am sick of it and do not know how much more I can take. I keep praying as I am a believer and I know that God hears me. It may be that by next year sometime I will be on my homestead and living my dream. We have no garden this year. The heat of this area burns it all up. I do not have the energy to even put one in as I am so tired from this job. When I am up all night working 9pm to 7 am. I have to force myself to stay awake with allot of coffee and that does not keep me from never getting rested. Today I will wash the kitchen floor. And do more laundry. And atempt to get as much done as I can.