And in the begining was the internet, and the blog writer was unsure. Well, somewhat nervous, wanting to get a beautiful website and not as computer savvy as I thought I was. It'll get better. I'm sure of it. Practice DOES make perfect, doesn't it?

This is a new venture for me and I am excited to be able to share successes and divert a few failures that we've experienced along the way for others who follow this blog.

There are so many aspects to homesteading. It consists of learning ways to sustain yourself and your family on smaller budgets, being able to "make do", using what is available, learning to live without commercial entities and creating an existance that is healthy and wholesome without feeling deprived. It's learning to live off the land. It's learning that you can, and "cannot" becomes a word that is far removed from your vocabulary.

I came from a farm family. Acreage, animals, gardening, sewing, gardening, and living the simple life are no strangers for me. My husband lived part of his young life in the extreme north, his parents out of work and getting by on odd jobs, baking and selling bread, and living off the land in a cabin by a lake. Food for them was what they could raise, catch, or shoot.

Three years ago, while living in Salt Lake City, UT, we made the decision to move to a country setting, where we could have a large garden and dogs and cats. Little did we know that this was the beginning of a homestead venture for the 2 of us.

As we joined internet groups, read what seemed like a library full of articles and books on actual homesteading, creating a self-sustainable existance, we fell in love with the idea of living off-grid as much as possible. It's still a work in progress. So, join us in this venture. Let's share what we've learned, what we've done, where we're going with our individual journeys to this end. Life is what we make it. So, together, let's make it do-able.