You are amazing! 110 quarts of strawberries?
Oh I forgot that you cook on a wood stove. I would love to have one of those! Maybe in another room eventually, because it sure would make the kitchen hot in the summer. I love splitting and stacking wood to, something is very calming about it. Throw said it warms you twice, once when you cut it and once when you burn it. I really like that the government doesn’t Texas. Free heat!
please check in more often. I would love to hear what you were doing. There’s not enough people living the simple country life, in my opinion. You take us back to a wonderful time, a time that if the global elite’s have their way, we might have to live that way again. More people need to hear about it and contemplated. I know that reading everything on Granny’s thread really help to cement in my mind that that was the life I wanted. Since then, we packed up and moved to 18 acres in East Tennessee. We couldn’t stand being in the city any longer. After researching the entire United States, creating spreadsheets of data, and then going to actually look at the areas – we chose the corner of East Tennessee, where North Carolina and Virginia intersect.
Hubby just up and quit his job and we moved here, planning on living on savings for a while. It was without a doubt worth it, even though I was counting pennies often. Hubby just got a job, and this is the second week working at it. And the Lord provided. Several opportunities didn’t work out and we were wondering if we made a mistake. But God had a better plan – he got a job where he gets to work out of the house most of the time and travel, hopefully not too much. And makes more money than those other jobs! So we’re going to save every penny, so he can quit work Shortly, and we can live the good country life, being a self-sufficient as possible.
So I need your experience and motivation! Wonderful to hear from you.
I knew you had moved since our “Granny” days but had forgotten where you settled. Do you live near the Blue Ridge Mts? That is one of my three favorite places in this U S of A-the other two being Acadia Nat’l Park here in Maine and the Gulf Islands Nat’l Seashore in Fla. I guess you know that I am strictly an outdoor person literally despising cooking and house work. We still camp and love to go to the Moosehead Lake region and camp in the wilderness at the edge of one of the many lakes where the state has erected outdoor privies, picnic tables and fire rings for the public to use. Hardly ever run into any other campers-these places are so remote. My children are very upset that we go to these areas but we take a cell phone and hope there will be reception in the area we pick to camp in.
There is nothing like waking up to the call of Loons on a lake and the smell of coffee brewing on an outdoor fire.
Anyhow, we have visited the Blue Ridge Mts. many times and love the fabulous views on a clear day. The Blue Ridge Parkway is such a beautiful drive. Many, many years ago we stayed at a resort at the top of one of the mts. Can’t remember the name, Sky-Top (maybe) and the deer came right up to our doorstep.
You sound very happy with your new home and I wish you much happiness in your future.