We Homestead. We Money. And now, we Blog. Welcome to the inaugural post by Owning Burton Farm at owningburtonfarm.com.
These are the first of several posts that are going in the ground to support the fence for the garden. I said I didn’t want to put in a lot of effort on a garden if the goats and the dogs are running loose. I only play to win and that right there’s a losing game, I already know. Jenny, our one year-old
dog has ripped out the last four small seedlings I’ve planted in my front door containers, so what’s to stop her from rolling around in a huge garden bed?
Nothing!
So my husband agreed to install a fence. But knowing us, we aren’t just going out and buying a bunch of new fencing materials. We will reuse some old posts and some wire fencing we already own from another project. I want to formally acknowledge the irony of my first post being about some posts. Stay with me here, please.
This is just the beginning of our new chapter here on Burton Farm.
I’ve had several weeks to really think and talk to my husband about where we are in our lives and what we want our future to look like. I can’t wait to dig in and tell you all about our plans, both for the homestead and our financial situation.
Feel free to jump in at any time and tell me about your plans, what worked for you and what didn’t. Regardless of our situation, we need a plan and so do you. But don’t pigeonhole me as a smug married with kids who can’t possibly relate. I’ve been the single student, the new graduate, the domestical* professional, the single aunt with all the cats, a newlywed, divorced in the city with more cats, re-married (I got it right this time!), new mom over 35, mom again in a cramped townhouse, and now I’m living on a farm in the sticks, so I’ve been in a lot of life stages since I left the ‘rental crib. This is not your average mommy blog. I may not have been in your exact situation before, but I bet I can relate. One love, people.
~Erica Burton
* Mis-spelled on purpose, for dramatic effect.
The original post was first published on owningburtonfarm.weebly.com on May 2, 2016 and has since been edited.