Throwback Road Homestead
Happy New Year! I wanted to start this journey and show where we started out, so I can track how far we have come. As you can see we don’t live on a beautiful farm with 40 acres of tillable land, 20 acres of woods, and a a gravity fed spring for our water source. We don’t have any farm animals, nor do we have any room for any. I dream of having chickens, but our HOA won’t allow it. We are living the suburban dream. I am not complaining though….I am very blessed to be living in the neighborhood that I do. I am grateful for my wonderful friends in this small town and the activities that my boys are able to partake it.
Land in Colorado is very…I mean VERY expensive. I am a crazy real estate buff
( definition: someone who constantly is searching real estate websites looking at beautiful homes across the country). I have been known to find amazing hobby farms across the US, basically plan out how I am going to move my family there…almost sign up for the new farmer extension program in the area and then realize that my family is meant to be here in Colorado. Don’t get me wrong, would I love a old farmhouse with acreage, root cellar, barn with animals, woods in our backyard for my boys to run in…the answer is YES.
So this is our house…I should say my home, my hearth, where all the magic happens. This picture was taken right when we moved in so the bushes are a lot bigger and we have made some adjustments to the landscape. We don’t have a lot of land…I think it is something like 8000 sq ft. My goal is to make it as self sufficient as possible. I want to learn the skills that sustained a family before they had the option to run down to the local supermarket. This process has been a long time coming and this past year I have been researching, learning, and trying out many of the skills that I hope to master. It has been an amazing year of grow and creativity, but now it is time to put some things into action. Here is to 2012 and the possibilities that it offers.
Our Backyard- before any of the landscaping went it. Not a farm, but I am determined to make it our piece of paradise
The view from my front porch
What projects are you excited to start in 2012?
Hey if you happen to find a great hobby farm in Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont let me know!
ReplyDeleteLove the blank slate, can't wait to see what you do with it. I had resigned myself to living here for the next 10 years, but it seems fate has something else in mind for us. We shall see, our goals are kind of on hold for now till we see what this year brings.
I am always looking on the east coast! I grew up in Massachusetts and spent every summer in Maine, so I know the area fairly well. It is soooo beautiful and the land is still fairly reasonable. We are happy where we are right now, but I still dream everyday of more land. This whole blog thing is fun...but mine is still a work in process. I just started it literally 3 weeks ago. Thanks for checking me out. I have been following yours for about a year now and you have really inspired me to follow some of my passions that were on the back burner for awhile. Best of luck to you guys while you try to figure out whether to move or stay in Ohio. My parents used to live in Wooster but now are up in Catawba island....very pretty but my heart still loves the east coast :)
ReplyDeleteit looks beautiful! the view is awesome- i love that! and i know what you mean about your heart in the east coast (read your comment above). we were in louisiana for 5 years and oh, it was never home. it just wasn't where i felt really truly me. now we are in MD and though it's not new england, we are in a part of the state that really is beautiful and feels like new england and seems similar to where we grew up. i am loving it and finally feel at home again. it does look like you are in a really lovely area though and it sounds like the boys are really happy there! and i could definitely wake up to that view every morning.
ReplyDeleteHi Julie,
ReplyDeleteYour home looks lovely and i agree with Chiot's Run that there is plenty of potential there. We live on 2 1/2 acres on the South Coast of Australia, about 3 1/2 hours from Sydney. We are quite self sufficient, growing all our vegies and some fruit. At the moment I am bottling heaps of tomatoes for during winter. My advice is to take it slow and master one thing at a time. Have you seen Rhonda's blog called Down to Earth . She has an amazing amount of info on her blog and has even just published a book. If you can't find it just leave me a message and I will get the exact address for you. Good luck with your venture. I'll drop by again to see how you are getting on.
Blessings Gail
Sorry Julia,
ReplyDeleteI called you Julie by mistake. My apologies.
Blessings G.