Category: Homestead Life

Well, this update is really many months overdue. The reason is that as soon as the temperatures rose, so did our daily to-do list. SO. MUCH. GOING. ON! Cabin In two days and with the help of a local Menonite teenager, we put in the foundation for the cabin. It will be a bit over… Continue reading A Long Overdue Update

Walking on our property this is absolutely the ugliest it has been since the day in April last year when we first explored. It is brown and muddy, drab and dreary. Grass is starting to turn green but is all patchy right now and there are piles of building materials EVERYWHERE. The daffodils here and… Continue reading Between Death and New Life

Winter Storms in the Mountains Our neighbors have good-naturedly accused us of bringing the snow and cold weather with us from KC. We’ve assured them we didn’t. Like many others we have dealt with dripping faucets and frozen pipes and shoveling snow. I slept in a winter hat because we couldn’t get the trailer above… Continue reading Welcome to the Deep Freeze

Lessons from off-grid drying. Totally worth it!

We really love this little building (or what’s left of it). Our original plan was to dismantle it and use it in other projects. But it’s just so cool that it seemed a shame. Finally we have decided that it will be our summer and mostly full-time summer kitchen. We will have a small setup… Continue reading Summer Kitchen

Hey guys! Thought we would do a quick video to introduce you to our homestead! We moved from the city to the country on a 25 acre homestead in the Ozark National Forest. We have been living here full-time for about 3 weeks, and it is a major work in progress, but this is what… Continue reading A Little Tour of the Homestead

When we first visited Falling Waters, the grass was about ankle high and every building was FILLED with trash and treasures. When we purchased the property and came the first time to begin the clean-up, the grass was waist-high (at least for a short person like myself) and we began the process of clearing the… Continue reading The Initial Mess

During Covid, when others were staying at home and catching up on projects, Paul’s job at UPS got CRAZY busy. It was like peak season times 5 with no end in sight. This meant that his usual 4-6 hour workday was now 10-14, depending on the day and week. That was a huge adjustment for… Continue reading From City to Country