dream cottage🦆

almostholland:

  •  a little house nestled in the woods
  • a cold, quick stream running through the backyard 
  • a backyard garden full of wildflowers
  • a herb garden 
  • a fruit and vegetable garden-tomatoes, peas, peppers, blackberries, raspberries
  • peach and pear trees
  • a small pond that is home to a duck family
  • a chicken coop and room for them to roam
  • a rabbit hutch and a play area for them
  • a dock out back overlooking the water
  • a small boat
  • a white, wooden kitchen with big windows opening up onto the yard, herbs drying
  • a living room with whitewashed walls, whitewashed floors, a wood stove,
  • a pantry full of homemade jams, jellies, preserved fruit and other things
  • hundreds of books, and many soft couches and chairs
  • fireplaces in every room
  • a bedroom full of light, nature from every window angle, simple wooden furniture and flowers everywhere
  • bookshelves that push in to reveal a secret room

dykegargoyle:

guys, if you want to become a farmer or homesteader, please don’t be discouraged !!! there are many folks who choose this way of living, and you can too. you can live your dreams!

and it is so so crucial in these times that people learn to love and live with the land. the world needs small farmers!!

martinihomestead:

Basic Homesteading Skills

Crafts

Cooking and Baking

Canning

Gardening

Animals

Outdoors

Medicine