Homesteading 101: What You Need to Know Before You Move!
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Country Living 101: What You Need to Know Before You Move!
My top tips for what you should do before moving to the country and starting a farm or homestead.
Hi, I'm Salisha, a mom, wife and homesteader who is passionate about nutrition, health and family. We are a small family living on a small farm, where we share, love and reconnect with nature and our food. I love to make skincare and wellness products and inspire others about health and holistic nutrition right here, at Hillside Homesteading!
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We moved from the suburbs to the country back in 2018, and it’s been nothing but good for us! When 2020 came around, we were really counting our blessings. We feel much more safe, sheltered..more in control of our lives.
I grew up on a farm in the country. I moved to the city to attend University but promptly moved back once my studies were complete. Countly living is a lot of work, but in my opinion, is more satisfying to soul in a number of ways. I will always be a country boy at heart. Great channel!
Aw, I hear you! It is hard work but very satisfying
City slicker here. My mother in law owns 5 acres in North FL where we have started a 3 going on 4 bed garden. When thinking about moving to the country I worry most about infrastructure (dirt roads) and how lots of rain can make it impossible to use the roads. And of course the Internet access! All things we will consider when moving to the country.
Good points here..I’ve found it a blessing to have local friends at church..we help each other with tasks-kind of pooling resources
Yes, having a church or group is key out here!
Oh my goodness. So much truth in this video. Thank you for posting this.
You are so welcome!
I'll take the rural life any day over a city. I don't even like driving through one.
Haha same 😂
You can also use your a fire pit just an iron grate with legs on it , you can cook on it
Yes! Good point
Love the country life do not ever want to have to go live in the city.
I live in the country. No cell service and satellite internet but they just ran fiber optics in the area! Many people have starlink as well so anywhere in the country you can get good service.
Our internet is slow even when the weather is bad lol
I think this was a good list. One thing i would add is if you move far enough out and have a well and septic system instead of city water you will not have any water if the power goes out. I've lived in the country all my life and learned from my elders not to throw away empty juice bottles or milk jugs. Wash them and fill them with water. I don't add bleach so it's not drinkable but you can wash your body with it and most importantly you can flush your toilet. When a bad snow or ice storm is in the forcast we also fill our bathtubs with water just in case. That way the reserved bottles can be used if the outage is caused by something other than a storm. Hope this helps someone.
Ah yes! The water is a big one. Filling the bottles is a great idea! Thank you 🙏
I freaze our milk jugs full of filtration water for drinking incase the grid goes down , but keep in mind to leave a inch or two from the top so the top doesn't blow off
I went through 4 days without power in the city and it sucked. It was an ice storm & it sucked lol. The most memorable part was that after the power finally came on, my mom, bless her soul, she had just moved from MI to GA to live with us 1 month before, experienced her first earthquake. It was very mild to our family because we had lived in CA for 10+ years but she freaked out 😂. It happened around an hour after the power went back on.
Oh no your poor mother! The cold is brutal and the power outages are not fun.
I moved in my home in the mountains 3 years ago....so much things I did'nt think about!! 😂 I don't know if I would do it again if I knew! Winters are very long and I need to be prepare to stay at home 2 or 3 days in a row because I don't have the money to buy a truck. In the sumertime, I'm in a bliss, and in winter time, I'm sometimes asking myself what I'm doing here😂
Right, it can be rough but it does have its perks. Stay warm!
Great subjects for discussion... well done! Gooood afternoon from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great afternoon!
Thank you David!
You are so right!! Yes, the country is WAY different than the city! I grew up in the country in NJ, but it wasn't as country as where I am now. However, we do have excellent internet and our location has excellent cell service for Verizon. (I think AT&T doesn't) But if you go down the hill it most likely will drop. Most shopping around here is a half hour away in any direction. Shopping on line has become the norm. The biggest problem, which surprised me, was availability of a vet. And with the new regulation the government passed, it's going to make it even harder to save the lives of our livestock. Which brings me to, are you able to put down an animal if needed? Do you have "tool", do you know how to use it, and can you handle it emotionally? I have had to put several animals down over the years.
The biggest problem we are facing right now is like you said the lack of vets willing to come out to see our livestock. My vet just closed down her practice in July so I currently have no vet! Is a really big problem. I haven’t had to put any animal down thankfully!
Oh no! That’s something I’ve never thought of. That could be a very sad situation. I don’t even know anything about “tools”. Though in this crazy world we’re living in, I’m about to have no choice but to learn.
@@juliec.5182 I would do it sooner than later. Talk to someone who knows "tools" for advice. And learn to use it.
I was raised in the country. As a young adult I moved a lot, lived in multiple towns no more than 16k pop, was never really happy, I did live in vagus for 6 months, that's all I could handle, actually I was ready to leave after a month, way too load and violent. Tried living out in the country again, not enough people.🤣
Been living in a small conservative town for last 27 years, with just the right amount of people, neighbors help out neighbors, The town is surrounded by mountains and trees, rivers, just can't get any better than this from a small town.😁
Love this! Small knit communities are the best
We live in Southern California so, our biggest reservation on taking the plunge is the cold weather. I'm not sure if our baby skin will adapt.
Hahaha it’s rough in the winter, I don’t blame you
Yall also should be stocking up on meds and first aid supplies to
We have the necessary supplies but we don’t stockpile anything
you are so right that people in the cities they are always in a hurry, if you don't get out of their way they will run you over in every way. To me the fast paste of life in the city is growing and growing. I just moved back to my hometown where the city life is slower, They are called small country towns here, but overall not as bad as the big city. I would love to live on a farm and grow my own. I love the country, Thank you for this video.
Going into the city is daunting. It’s all hustle and bustle. I love small town life. You will get your farm, get at it. 🙏
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I have half signal being somewhat semi rural. Rural wasn't in the budget on disability and limited and overdo things on my good days. Putting back in a woodstove was a great investment prior to former owners tore it out plus the well and septic. Be nice to restore that. I have my ugly gardens. Things covered up and quail in a shed after the raccoon slaughter and rabbits and deer at the all you can eat buffet. Been gardening and canning 30 years anyway and was teased about my farm in the city. Next is rabbits if I can get help building hutches and protection. They roll the streets up early here too. New city council ruined a lot of livestock options. I moved here because many had chickens then poof most were gone unless the 10 acre lots have them hidden behind endless privacy fences😂 on some. 34 lakes near me so the road is busy since so much water. Worse than the suburbs as more roads there. A city a couple of miles away looks about 75 percent lake. I like no sidewalks and no streetlights. Other than traffic, it's quiet and rarely see a cop or firetruck unless a drunk in a ditch. Twice in mine alone. Only a little landscape business on my 5 mile stretch of road. Another took out mailboxes across the street. Wish I could afford fencing. Cornish cross grow so fast could grow them out so fast before winter and getting noisy and can and freeze a couple years worth easy. An hour to get the baby chicks the cheapest. An hour to my doctor's anyway. Neighbors said they wouldn't care though quail are a quick turnaround too and egg machines. Less feed and room needed and incubate my own. Got one incubator that can run on a battery if power goes out.
Help. Walmart is the main store😂. Though got Home Depot, Lowe's, Tractor supply and strangely more dentists than anything and can't find a good one that takes Medicare. One damaged my teeth with shoddy work and wasting money hunting a good one down to fix it. They all say something different. Finding a reasonable vet is hard too. My old one is an hour and a half away now.
So there's the in betweeners like me. Not city nor the boonies. My goal is more self sufficiency and saving money. Winter is my break after getting wood, gardening, preserving all summer to do as much as I can on my own. Less junk from the grocery store with who knows what is in it. Wood heat is so nice and not nearly as expensive paying a huge heating bill to stay at 62 degrees. It now is over a more comfortable 70 degrees in the whole house for less. Worth filling up the trailer for 75 dollars each trip a few miles away and some wood is free from tree trimmers and whatever hardwood falls in the woods behind me.
As a city person.. everything you mentioned about the country is a negative and nothing you mentioned is a positive lol. Since I was a kid I always loved the energy of cities and hated the nothingness of the country. Even suburban areas right outside of cities are too slow and boring for me.
I appreciate those things as a former city slicker and I’m glad it’s all there so when I go to the city it has everything
😂 moving to farm is not homesteading
😂 if you say so
@@HillsideHomesteading 😂 City girls
City girls? Bro I live on a farm for over 12 years but go awf
@@HillsideHomesteading 🌝owning chicken and garden a little don't doesn't mean you live on farm. You city folk are funny
@user-jx1xp6ho1y farmsteading and homesteading are pretty much the same thing, the only difference is scale and income sources.