Homesteading----Alone

Im only 38 and Im starting to think this way

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Yea, I like this area, but I have been here all my life and Mainly on this farm most of my life. I really don't care for Myrtle Beach that much, I guess because I had to fight traffic over there for Years---Got to where I just hated going there. I had rather Vacation in the Mountains---LOL.

I agree-----Its a Shame some of these Single women are not Close enough that we could Help each other---------Like I will fix your fence for a Apple Pie---LOL. I guess most are like me--------I just can not see myself Living anywhere else, But I would Think about it---For the Right Reasons.

Oh boy, I wish I could find a man to fix my fences for an apple pie! But, since I haven't I do it all myself. My fences don't look so good, but you know what? I am proud of them because I did it with only the help of my ten year old and the they're keeping the horses in the pasture, so to me, they are perfect.
I live way out by myself and sometimes get a little nervous about being so isolated, not so much that I will have an accident, because I do have three boys still at home, but more that someone might decide to come here with ill intent. I do have a shotgun, a .22, 5 dogs, and a house pig for protection though :-).
Even though there is virtually no chance of me walking down my street and meeting a handsome new neighbor, I wouldn't give this lifestyle up for anything. Sometimes, when the sun is going down and I am sitting outside just relaxing I think about how nice it would be to share this with someone. And it would be nice, but it doesn't make this time alone here any less...besides, I was much lonelier when I was married.

Ive held off building a house, like you, hopeing that the whoever she ends up being will want a voice in how it ends up on the place. But you know what, I decided that she wouldnt be so interested in how the rest of the farm buildings was set up and built, so, Ive been building the outbuildings, as this was bare ground when it was bought, and, with each building ive framed in, and each has different sizes and techniques in the building of them, i find myself more into the feeling that I could build a house if that seemed plausable, Itall be, either, a modular home, or a house brought onto the place or a built house.

I agree with the others. Don't put your life on hold any longer. Follow your dream and get stuck in.

Chances are you'll find the lady you are looking for after you start homesteading, You'll run into her at the feed store every couple of weeks or she'll be advertising the chickens or goats you want to buy.

Getting hurt is always a worry. I homesteaded pretty much alone throughout my forties as Dh was deployed most of the time. It was just me and our son. ( he's 12 now) Lot's of times when my son was just a toddler I would think, "I could be laying out here unconscious and no one would know"

Hurricane Floyd was making a bee line for my backyard and the only support I had was Dh on the phone from Saudi Arabia. There were some scary times but like many on here I'm a loner and like my own company. Plus in that neighborhood I didn't want to spread the word that I was alone so I kept a low profile.

We only had two acres set into the corner of a housing development. I had neighbors in front and just 50 feet away on one side. We lived there 8 years and met the people across the street one time! The next door neighbor I saw maybe once every six months. I'd run into her at Walmart! They were never home.

Fortunately I never got hurt. You just have to think things out well before you tackle them and try to foresee what might go wrong before you start. See if a friend can come over during the times you'll be doing dangerous things like roof work etc.

Don't let your dream slip away. Go for it.

Pauline