Well Fall is here….several days it’s been in the 50′s and low 60′s and us without our woodstove installed!! Brrr! I am going to be putting it in this week and looking forward to it. Last week I went to the Useful Plants nursery in Earthaven and bought some perrenials. I got two blueberry bushes, a blackberry bush, a black chokeberry shrub and a fig tree!! In a bit I plan on buying a couple of Asian Pear trees and a Kiwi Tree. Very exciting!
My camera broke sometime back, but hoping to borrow one soon and will post some pics on here.
In other news we have been researching inexpensive structures to make an extra room. The yurt is awesome, but we really need another space. After looking at options including tipis, yurts, large canvas tents we finally decided on a shed…the kind that you see in front of home depots. We are going to buy a kit and put it together ourselves to save some money. An 8′x12′ cost $900 and you have to buy flooring, roof shingles, paint and insulation separately so probably $1500 total. With insulation and a woodstove it should be plenty warm. If you are looking to get out of the rent/mortgage trap this could be a great option for you. Granted this is a small space but you can easily upgrade to a 12′x14′ for another $700 or so. If you can find a place to put it, for the price of rent for 4 months you could have your own little place! And then of course you can save all that money you were spending on rent to upgrade it.
Homesteading, while challenging is really opening up my eyes to so many possibilities!
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