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Update:

Finally starting to get settled in our new place, it’s a world smaller than we’re use to but that’s okay and probably a good thing.

We’ll see how next season goes, there is going to be a lot of change(s) to the way I’ve done things in the past. I’ll no longer have 10,700 sq ft of garden space and more than likely everything will be in raised beds. All my life it was all about tilling and planting in the earth, now it will be a different approach to the way I do things. I think this will be a good thing and a fun new way of creating excellent food, although there will be less (maybe) depends on what I can source and / or repurpose for my raised beds around here. Being new to the area I obviously don’t have the connections I did back in my home state but that’s okay too. new peeps can and usually does bring fresh new ideas and the things that others have experience with that just don’t work in this area. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

ps: Yes I know it’s been 6 months since I was very active at all in the homesteading community but that’s what happens I suppose when mother nature wipes you off the map.

See y’all soon.

Update:

My beautiful girl dog Miss Dakota and I lost Mid-South Homestead and Visual Media Fx Website designs on Saturday evening May 18th 2024.

Severe storms and 90 mph winds took the roof off, the rain and hail took care of the rest.

I packed up Miss Dakota & myself and left minutes before it hit. By the time I drove 3 miles, one of my neighbors that saw me leave in a hurry, called me and ask me what I was doing, my reply was getting the hell out of there! He told me there was no need to come home, because the roof was sitting in the field behind the house.

I cannot rebuild this mess. Being a survivor of two different types of cancer, 2 surgeries last month, other medical conditions and a few injuries, the homestead has come to an end. I’m selling what’s left of my beautiful homestead, It’s time for us to move on to a new adventure, what ever that may be. I hope Miss Dakota can handle it, she’s 13 ½ years old now, she’s been on edge since I quickly snatched her up, bolted out the door and put her in the truck and got out of there. Btw, she’s a 70 pound German Shepherd.

This is not the way I planned to start off my retirement but it’s the hand I’ve been dealt. I’ll have to play this hand as is and for what it’s worth.

Currently I’m not sure, but it’s unlikely there will be another Mid-South Homestead considering this has been my home for 35 years and Miss Dakota’s home for the last 13 ½ years, not to mention my home state for 62 years now.

Perhaps a smaller version of Mid-South Homestead? We’ll see!

Fresh veggies cannot be replaced by store bought rubbish, it’s never going to happen.

Till next time.

Be good, and be kind to one another!

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