Yesterday was a HUGE day for the @papa-pepper tribe.
It has been about a year and a half since we moved to Arkansas with the intention of starting a homestead. Trying to live a self-sufficient life as a family is just one piece of sorting through how to restructure our life in order to get me home with my family so that I can obey the call that God has on my life as a husband and father.
Moving 750 miles away from our families and home was certainly a huge step, but actually purchasing the land took things to another level. We wanted to make sure that this is what we were supposed to do, which is why it has taken us so long to actually purchase the land. We did not want to charge full speed into a huge mistake.
We feel confident that this is the path that we are supposed to be on, so we have taken that next step forward. Ever since we sold our house up in Wisconsin, we have been holding onto $10,000 USD cash to purchase land with. Interestingly enough, if it was not for @papa-pepper being able to pull some money out of steemit last year, I think that we would have had to tap into this supply. Therefore, I can accurately say that steemit has even made buying our land possible!
Since we have been staying nearby and I have had access to the land, we have been making progress on it for some time. Last fall I even harvested two deer off of the land. Some of the property has been cleared, and @grandpa-pepper and I cleared a spot for a driveway and for our house site too!
Unfortunately, I had to wake up at 4 am today to leave for work, which means that I am not able to take any new photos right now or make a video for you. I think that I may have to do a video tour when I return and post that so you can all see what I am dealing with, but in total we picked up about eight acres!
Here is a photo of some of the landscaping that we are already doing. Amazingly I got hundreds of perennial plants for free, so I started to landscape the roadside. A little work investing in planting these flowers now will brings years of beauty and erosion control.
I'll keep you posted as we continue, and work on that video when I get home. If you want a little more information about what is going on in the neighborhood, @bluerthangreen purchased his land yesterday too, so you can check out his post about it here: @bluerthangreen/steps-to-freedom-securing-our-land.
THANKS FOR HELPING MAKE THIS POSSIBLE STEEMIT!
Until next time…
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