Off Grid Homesteading Takes A Voluntaryist Community Approach

in homesteading •  last year  (edited)

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Lending a helping hand

When I sold my house and left the city in October of 2022 I didn't have my own property yet. I did however have some wonderful friends who invited me to stay on their property as long as I needed. I was staying there until July of 2023 when at least I sleep on my own property. The winter I stayed with them forged a lifelong Bond and helped create a community of people not being forced to share resources and labor like the coercive state socialists but doing it through voluntary association.

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Alfalfa hay for the goats

My friends have goats and needed to stock up their hay Supply for the winter. Last year winter hit early and none of us were quite prepared. Most of their hay was not in the right location and covered in tarps rather than some sort of structure to keep the snow and rain off of it. This year I was there when the hay was delivered to help make sure it got to the right place. We couldn't get the big trailer down to the hay barn so we are taking it down by truckloads.

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Just getting things done however

The day it was delivered the road to the barn was blocked by the delivery truck and I had to leave early. In order to fit all of the hay and get it where it needed to be I took a few bales home with me and return to the next morning to unload them in the barn

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Getting physical labor done before it's too hot

The next morning when I returned with the small load I had in my truck I made sure I got there early as we've been going through some record-breaking heat lately. I got there and we unloaded both trucks by 9:00 a.m. which made me very happy. It was already getting warm but not as hot as it would be later in the day.

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Time to cool off

After finishing and being a little bit hot already as well as covered in bits of alfalfa and dirt I decided I needed to cool off already. On my way to another friend's where I was heading to work on installing a new hitch in my truck I stopped to take a dip in the river and cool off. It made me reminisce from my childhood days in Montana stopping along a river or a lake to jump in and cool off.

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Work done by 0900 - good job. By 10 you would have been overheating! A dip in the river/lake is always welcome on a hot day.
I'm glad you found someone you connect with and share similar goals. I'm still trying to find my people, after searching for 15 years. I have a lot to offer, although not as much as I did 10+ years ago when I was fully healthy. The lone wolf (or is it black sheep?) lifestyle has been rough on me and my wife.
Thanks for the cool post : )