Pursuing a Country Life

Pursuing a Country Life Podcast

Pursuing a Country Life is my story about what and how I learn the country living skills needed for a successful urban or country homestead.

Whether you are living in the city or in the country, this information can help you manage your homestead, Urban or country.

Currently, I am on an acre and a half of rural property in South Central Texas, learning and practicing the skills that will be needed. Why will I need them?

UPDATE: We currently have our urban property and garden up for sale. When it sells, I will l begin to fully homestead 6 acres I own in Northern California. At that point this show will expand to show the life in the country and the issues I run into..

Our grandparents possessed most of these skills because they were needed to survive. In the process, they became well prepared for almost any emergency
whether it was nature, Man-made, or anything else. They were well prepared.

Some of the skills we will discuss are canning, cooking, preserving, land preparation, and other skills we need as we come across them

Join us in the fun and please share your experiences too,

There is no single right way. This is simply what has worked for us..

Just a few of the topics that will be covered:
Cast Iron Cooking
Beekeeping
Preserving the Harvest
Canning
Freezing
DeHydration
DIY Home and Country Repairs

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Police lightsThank for coming back for another episode.  I do apologize for the past interruptions, but things ar moving now so I will have more to share each week.

The Meatrix – Interesting twist on the “Matrix” as you watch the cow “Moopheous “shows you the illusions about factory farming and reality.   Free, and worth a watch  Take a look at http://www.themeatrix.com

Another worthwihile movie to see on the subject of Troubles for Small Farms and Fresh food is “Farmageddon”.  While it has been seen in some areas as free showings, the site now says it is available for purchase through iTunes, Netflix, Amazon and others.  While I have not yet seen it personally, it does look interesting and I plan on purchasing a copy.  Their website is at: http:\\farmageddonmovie.com

 

This past week I learned a lesson about country security.

Thankfully, I did follow the advice of my brother-in-law who lives in the same area we are moving to.  That advice was that one of the first things I needed to take care of was the installation of a remotely monitored alarm for the home and all outbuildings, especially the pump house.

Apparently, remote areas like these are targets for thieves who like to steal pumps and whatever other items they think might be worth something from remote pump houses.

I tell exactly what happened in the podcast.

Finally, I’ll make some security suggestions that are not often mentioned in the books.

Security Solutions for the Country

  1. Yard Lights and Motion Sensor Floods
  2. Alarm Security
  3. Dogs

Just some suggestions about ideas I have come up with so you won’t be a victim too.

 

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Why do so many people want to downsize and simplify these days?Barn

While I can’t answer for everyone else, I wanted to share my reasons, and see how they compare to yours, whether you are in a suburban lot wanting to move or are already there, most of the benefits will be the same.

 

 

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Life’s Little Surprises

April 18, 2012

One of the bumps in the road to moving to my country homestead in California, was the sale of our current home in Texas.  Since we weren’t able to sell for as much as we planned on, we had to stick around for another year and save up some cash. But that meant our new [...]

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California Here I Come

April 4, 2012

It’s really hard for me to believe this, but it’s been nearly a year since we placed our Texas Property on the market and planned excitedly for moving to a new home on our land in California. But due to the down economy, when it did sell in September, it was substantially less than we [...]

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Country Priorities

January 30, 2012

One of the first things anyone moving to the country will need to do is plan out where the critical survival items will come from.  You can’t always run into town every time you need something.  Planning is a skill you will need to develop. For me the most critical needs are Water, Power, Food, [...]

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“Pursuing” a Country Life Can Be a Slow Process

June 1, 2011

Pursuing a Country Life ain’t as easy as I thought it would be.  But Not in the way I’ll bet you’re thinking. It’s S L O W going. I am all set to leave the day job as soon as our home sells.  Problem is, the housing market has so many homes on the market, [...]

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Planning a New Homestead

May 26, 2011

Once we decided to actually pull the trigger and move to a homestead instead of an apartment or and typical urban home I really became excited. After all there was so much to look forward to; larger food garden Chickens for fresh eggs, and honeybees. But then it hit me – there was also a [...]

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PACL-004 Cast Iron, Home Grain Milling, & We’re Moving!

February 19, 2011

We now have a new Email Newsletter – By subscribing you will get announcements weekly about new podcasts and blog posts and occasional articles available only to the list members.  No spamming or selling.  Upper right corner has a large Orange Subscribe button. This week we’ll be talking a bit about Cast Iron Cookware it’s [...]

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