An Introduction and Purpose
Our new endeavor: Continuing the tradition of raising our kids in the family house that both my husband and his father grew up in.
Our goal: Work the land to establish supplemental income as we remodel and restore the home back to its late-1800s roots.
The challenges: Money, time, skills that are lacking (ME), and living here while we do the work.
Advantages: My husband is a rock star with all things that need fixed or built and what he doesn't know, he isn't afraid to learn; he also knows the house and property inside and out because he grew up here. This house and its crazy old workings are like an extension of his body.
Why this blog: To document our progress (or lack thereof?), what we learn, how we grow, and help others who want to do something similar. Also, to document all the things about country living. (If you can call being one mile from a CVS "the country." Which I do. Ahem.)
We have a lot of work ahead of us. It's going to take time (so I'm told), lots of patience (at least that's what I've heard), and be a boatload of hard, sweaty, frustrating work (allegedly). Since we don't have any money trees planted on our property (anyone know where we can get a few of those??) that will be the biggest motivator to make the land work for us to supplement our budget. We have four acres, three of which are tillable at present. Rob has three-year-old hops living in one corner and we're hoping next year they'll go gangbusters and be ready and worth selling for profit (I'm talkin' to you, local breweries--local, Indiana grown, pesticide-free rhizomes of hoppy goodness just waiting to be used).
Welcome to the adventure! We can't wait to see where it takes us!
Our goal: Work the land to establish supplemental income as we remodel and restore the home back to its late-1800s roots.
The challenges: Money, time, skills that are lacking (ME), and living here while we do the work.
Advantages: My husband is a rock star with all things that need fixed or built and what he doesn't know, he isn't afraid to learn; he also knows the house and property inside and out because he grew up here. This house and its crazy old workings are like an extension of his body.
Why this blog: To document our progress (or lack thereof?), what we learn, how we grow, and help others who want to do something similar. Also, to document all the things about country living. (If you can call being one mile from a CVS "the country." Which I do. Ahem.)
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| The Family Home circa a long, long time ago |
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| The Family Home circa July 2016 |
We have a lot of work ahead of us. It's going to take time (so I'm told), lots of patience (at least that's what I've heard), and be a boatload of hard, sweaty, frustrating work (allegedly). Since we don't have any money trees planted on our property (anyone know where we can get a few of those??) that will be the biggest motivator to make the land work for us to supplement our budget. We have four acres, three of which are tillable at present. Rob has three-year-old hops living in one corner and we're hoping next year they'll go gangbusters and be ready and worth selling for profit (I'm talkin' to you, local breweries--local, Indiana grown, pesticide-free rhizomes of hoppy goodness just waiting to be used).
Welcome to the adventure! We can't wait to see where it takes us!
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