Finding a piece of land on which to create your ideal homestead is a rather subjective process. Aside from a few traits that I would consider non-negotiable - a water source and some southern exposure - I’d be hard pressed to give a list of “must haves.” After all, each family’s needs will be different, and your own personal preferences and available finances will play strongly into your decision-making. When we purchased our Missouri land, we paid a lot of attention to community and neighbors. We wanted to live in walking proximity to friends with whom we could create community and raise our kids as neighbors. We were invited to live within a homesteading community land trust, on which … [Read more...]
Homesite Picnic
Taking advantage of some warm, sunny winter days, we enjoyed a home site picnic last week. The western view from our hilltop is just stunning, and it was easy to imagine including a deep covered porch in our house design to take advantage the evening sunsets. Tucked in against a northern forest, the future house site just feels so right, and so exciting. If you've been following my blog for a while, you might notice that this land looks somehow different than what you've seen before. That's exactly true - we have decided to relocate to a piece of land just to the north, and join two other families in creating a community land trust on 60 acres. How this came to be is really … [Read more...]