Hello from SE Iowa.

[Griz78]

Good morning all.

Fairly newish to homesteading. Well I guess that technically we haven't started yet.

I've got some experience in it from when I was younger. But reckon there's lots to learn here.

We currently live in a somewhat small town. But are looking to buy five or ten acres within the next few years and downsizing our house seeing as our youngest will be moving out in the next year or so.

So yeah. Thanks for having me.

 

[viking]

Hello and welcome from S.W. Oregon, glad to have you here, hope you find the property you want. There is lots of great info here from people who live what they preach.

 

[Alaskajohn]

Welcome from Alaska!

 

[Cascadian]

Welcome from Oregon. There have been a couple discussions on what to look for in property here. I didn't see the one I was looking for, but these give you some ideas. Good luck on your journey.

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/natural-resources-on-your-property.15596/
https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/looking-at-some-rural-property-please-help.15727/

 

[dademoss]

from Ohio.

 

[Amish Heart]

Welcome from Kansas

 

[Magpie]

Hello and welcome- good luck with your land search. Exciting to be making a new start!

 

[Pearl]

Welcome from Texas! Glad you joined us!!

 

[Griz78]

Thank you all for the warm welcomes.

Much of my life has been spent trying to earn more and more money. It's worked out more or less. But I'm ready to look at earning less and living a bit more. Please note I didn't say work less.

I currently work as a multi craft industrial tech and lead for a company that makes food cans, and run a small residential tree service as well as sell firewood. Though I've scaled back on my side businesses over the last year and change.

I wrecked my bike pretty bad in June of 21 and just didn't have the umph to work 12 hour nights and do everything else. In 2020 we sold around 350 to 400 cord and this year I'll be lucky to do fifty. So yeah. Slowed down.

Anyway. I guess I'm rambling. So, again. Thanks for the warm welcome.

 

[FarmOR]

Welcome griz. I came from a similar background. Industrial electrician and technician for 25 years.

That's a crazy amount of firewood processing!

 

[Bacpacker]

Welcome from Tennessee

 

[Morgan101]

Welcome from Eastern Missouri. Good to have you with us.

 

[Griz78]

Welcome griz. I came from a similar background. Industrial electrician and technician for 25 years.

That's a crazy amount of firewood processing!

Nice to meet someone else that knows the pains of PLC and line control.

My little wood lot is my happy space. Though it's pretty bare right now.

 

[Magus]

Howdy from GA!

 

[Peanut]

Welcome from Bama! Got several members from your neck of the woods. Pull up a chair and set a spell.

There's already 100's of topics to read or start new ones.

 

[backlash]

Welcome aboard.

 

[Weedygarden]

Welcome, from Colorado!

 

[Lenny]

Welcome to the forum. I hope you enjoy it. I live in Spencer, which is NW Iowa.

 

[kd4ulw]

Welcome from Indiana!

 

[snappy1]

Welcome from Mississippi! Nice to meet you!

 

[DWinCO]

Greetings from Colorado. I grew up in Keokuk...I always said you could stick anything you wanted in the ground and it would grow. My Dad was quite a gardener in IA. That is not the case in Colorado...I work at everything.

 

[Griz78]

Greetings from Colorado. I grew up in Keokuk...I always said you could stick anything you wanted in the ground and it would grow. My Dad was quite a gardener in IA. That is not the case in Colorado...I work at everything.

You're not wrong. Most everything grows here.

I'm about a half hour from Keokuk.

 

[Spikedriver]

Welcome from smack dab in the middle of Iowa!

The closest I get to your part of the state in my travels is the Quad Cities and Chariton. I know it's far different than where I live. You have woods and hills. Where I'm at, they closed the state forest because the tree died!

Jump in and enjoy!

 

[Griz78]

Welcome from smack dab in the middle of Iowa!

The closest I get to your part of the state in my travels is the Quad Cities and Chariton. I know it's far different than where I live. You have woods and hills. Where I'm at, they closed the state forest because the tree died!

Jump in and enjoy!

My mother was originally from Indianola.

I spent a lot of time up there when I was younger helping my uncle and cousins farm.

 

[Gigi Vano]

Welcome from Massachusetts!

 

[Tim Horton]

Greetings from far north west Canada..

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Welcome from Missouri