ScottyG
Lovin' The Homestead
Hey, I've been posting a bunch here, and realize I should do the old introduction thing. So:
I'm Scott. I feel like a bit of a poser here, as I'm not nearly as self-sufficient as I'd like to be. My wife and I are both just out of grad school, and we're working as professors (her full-time, me part-time) at a small college here in Michigan. Meanwhile, in my non-teaching time, I'm a part-time stay-at-home dad, taking care of our little 6 1/2-month old sweet baby girl most days. But as we're just getting started, we're renting a place (so, no garden, and certainly no chickens or anything), and can't do as much as we'd like to.
But mostly I've gotten interested in self-sufficiency now that we're raising a child. So much of the commercial baby stuff just really rubs us the wrong way, and we're trying our hardest to do things ourselves. We make our own baby food, wash our own cloth diapers, I bake our bread and cook almost all our own meals from scratch, buy most of our meats, eggs, and produce from local farmers, and generally we are trying to forge our own way in that realm. We've eliminated most of the plastic toys and plastic food storage, and are trying to use more durable goods and make less trash. Eventually, we hope to own a home, and work on getting the rest of things up... I find all your posts on doing that inspiring!
It's great to read how you all are making such awesome life choices, and I'm so happy to be learning about all this stuff. Thanks for being such an open community!
I'm Scott. I feel like a bit of a poser here, as I'm not nearly as self-sufficient as I'd like to be. My wife and I are both just out of grad school, and we're working as professors (her full-time, me part-time) at a small college here in Michigan. Meanwhile, in my non-teaching time, I'm a part-time stay-at-home dad, taking care of our little 6 1/2-month old sweet baby girl most days. But as we're just getting started, we're renting a place (so, no garden, and certainly no chickens or anything), and can't do as much as we'd like to.
But mostly I've gotten interested in self-sufficiency now that we're raising a child. So much of the commercial baby stuff just really rubs us the wrong way, and we're trying our hardest to do things ourselves. We make our own baby food, wash our own cloth diapers, I bake our bread and cook almost all our own meals from scratch, buy most of our meats, eggs, and produce from local farmers, and generally we are trying to forge our own way in that realm. We've eliminated most of the plastic toys and plastic food storage, and are trying to use more durable goods and make less trash. Eventually, we hope to own a home, and work on getting the rest of things up... I find all your posts on doing that inspiring!
It's great to read how you all are making such awesome life choices, and I'm so happy to be learning about all this stuff. Thanks for being such an open community!
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