starting our own ish life
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 5:08 pm
Im not going to ask am I nuts... because I know I am....
My other half has an acre of family land sitting idle. His brother is in a cottage with his girlfriend on another part of the land. Currently we live in a suburban apartment with my 5 year old, and try to live as ishly as we can. But I dread the thought of heading up the career ladder. Growing and home crafts feed this inner happiness ive been looking for. Ill stay up until 4am baking bread and making my own detergents just to fit it all in. After dreaming about more for a long time himself finally said lets use the land to do it! His mum and stepdad used that land and the soil is extremely rich after resting for a few years.
We considered building but it seems to costly and planning permission ect... so we thought perhaps a mobile home. A large one. We could get a shed for storing. Chickens for eggs. Goats for milk. I have quite a lot of movable soft fruits ect. Im a vegetarian so no meet needed. And we can grow to our hearts content. I found you can get a wood burning stove into a mobile home. Make the toilet composting. It seems like it could work and yet I have no doubt fail miserably!
I am a writer/journalist/ broadcaster. Freelance work might give us the occasional bit of cash. Hes skilled at all things IT and gets the odd repair job for phones or laptops. Both our careers want us to head to thr office and neither of us want it. We're not afraid to work hard, but wed rather work hard at something like this. Hell, I don't mind doing home help or shop work on a part time basis to get essentials or cope with bills. We dont drive so I dont know if that's a bonus or a curse. Its a small town, shops and schools nearby.
Is it viable to bring a child up this way? We're not looking for lots of toys, holidays or anything more than just making it work and getting by day to day. I need some opinions before we pack up and go for it. How do I even start?
My other half has an acre of family land sitting idle. His brother is in a cottage with his girlfriend on another part of the land. Currently we live in a suburban apartment with my 5 year old, and try to live as ishly as we can. But I dread the thought of heading up the career ladder. Growing and home crafts feed this inner happiness ive been looking for. Ill stay up until 4am baking bread and making my own detergents just to fit it all in. After dreaming about more for a long time himself finally said lets use the land to do it! His mum and stepdad used that land and the soil is extremely rich after resting for a few years.
We considered building but it seems to costly and planning permission ect... so we thought perhaps a mobile home. A large one. We could get a shed for storing. Chickens for eggs. Goats for milk. I have quite a lot of movable soft fruits ect. Im a vegetarian so no meet needed. And we can grow to our hearts content. I found you can get a wood burning stove into a mobile home. Make the toilet composting. It seems like it could work and yet I have no doubt fail miserably!
I am a writer/journalist/ broadcaster. Freelance work might give us the occasional bit of cash. Hes skilled at all things IT and gets the odd repair job for phones or laptops. Both our careers want us to head to thr office and neither of us want it. We're not afraid to work hard, but wed rather work hard at something like this. Hell, I don't mind doing home help or shop work on a part time basis to get essentials or cope with bills. We dont drive so I dont know if that's a bonus or a curse. Its a small town, shops and schools nearby.
Is it viable to bring a child up this way? We're not looking for lots of toys, holidays or anything more than just making it work and getting by day to day. I need some opinions before we pack up and go for it. How do I even start?