Yeah, so I’m terrible at introductions whether it be at dinner, or a new classroom, or giving a presentation. Turns out that this feels exactly the same. Just what would you want to know?
Rachel standing in the yard with chickens behind her on the hill.
So here goes, this is a snapshot of my life right now: I’m happily married to an amazing fabricator and welder. We have four fantastic (and sometimes frustrating) children. My boys are the bookends at ages 16 and 11. The girls are in the middle at 14 and 15. I am a Humanities Teacher (combines English and Social Studies).
We live in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, gorgeous but lonnnnnnnng winters. We’re switching over from working full time to Homesteading full time. A few years ago we cleared a section of our lot. We keep expanding our garden. This year we increased our chicken math and added ducks. I’m beginning to craft and blog for money, not just gifts and fun.
This blog is one of the steps we are taking to be more self-sustaining. We’re glad you are along for the ride!
Rachel has been a SAHM and a Humanities Teacher. Chris is a Welder and Fabricator as well as an expert in many of their fields like hydraulics, snow plows, auto mechanics,...We would prefer to live simply and spend every day together.
Our children are 6th grade to early college, as two boys and two girls.
We have gardened, hunted, canned, and created our whole life. We began raising chickens and turkeys last year. After a few close encounters with neighborhood raccoons we finally had a fully secure coop and we have added 18 more chickens, replaced the two turkeys, and have three ducks.
This blog covers all sorts of aspects of our life, but often relate directly to Homesteading.
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Nice meeting you
You, as well