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Permaculture Pathways My blog follows are day to day life living on a permculture property on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. We have a small acreage, only 2.25 acres on which we grow a lot of our own food; salad greens, vegetables, herbs, flowers, fruits, nuts, and even our own coffee. Chooks provide protein-rich eggs and we're in the process of introducing beehives into our garden to provide us with honey, beeswax and to help pollinate our crops. We also plan to start up a small goat dairy to provide milk and cheese. We are doing this inconjunction with our neighbours who are also interested in goats and making homemade goat's fetta. I'm very active in the community working on Transition Towns initiatives, starting up a local food co-operative, seed saving group, surplus produce exchanges, bulk buys and many other small projects. We are also in the process of becoming Certified Organic growers. Our focus is on locally grown organic food, saving seeds, building healthy soil and environments, creating diversity and resilience in our home and garden and then in our neighbourhood.
Come on up to the porch and sit a spell, we'll talk about the days events and even tell a story or two. I am a born and raised country girl who has found her way back to the simple life to become a yarn farming, chicken loving, quilter and spinner. We are on a journey to restore our 100 year old farmhouse into a working homestead. This blog details the toils and troubles we face along the way. And of course, there's always humor. Sometimes you just can't help but laugh at yourself.
Nearly 100 years later this is still referred to as the "Kurtz Home". We are only the third family to live here. Luzena Kurtz called this home "Front Porch Indiana" because of it's beautiful view.
Nearly 100 years later this is still referred to as the "Kurtz Home". We are only the third family to live here. Luzena Kurtz called this home "Front Porch Indiana" because of it's beautiful view.
Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz moved here from Kansas in 1898 bringing the lilac bushes in the front yard with them on a covered wagon. At that time there was a brick house on the property. They built this house between 1906 and 1908. It had all the latest amenities of the day including central heat, acetylene generated gas lights (the second generator is in the back yard) and a water system fed from two cisterns that would pump water upstairs to a bathtub. Pretty remarkable for a house in the middle of nowhere.
The blog looks at self sufficiency, sustainability, simple living, living on less, nomadic lifestyles, and foraging among other topics.
We also look at Native American lifestyles and history. Tribal living systems will be looked at. Homeless and homelessness issues are often covered. Communal and community based shared living systems. Of course Homesteading and living off the land will be the topic of many posts.
We will look at ways to spend less money. There will be posts on doing more with less money. Food preservation will often be looked into. There will periodically be more posts on foraging and native plant gathering.
We will also cover unique characters with alternative living experiences. People that have ventured down the " path less taken ".
Many of our posts will be on survival skills and primitive living experiences.
We will also look at ways to save money such as soap making and sewing your own clothes. We will also look at other skills that help one get by in the economic downturn.
Homesteading Webloggers A circle of homesteading women and men webloggers from rural to urban areas. Shacommunity our experiences, ideas and wisdom on living sustainably, green, self-sufficiently, etc. All are welcome providing you are respectful of other's practices and beliefs. No weblogs promoting pornography, violence, abuse allowed. We are RESPECTFUL of our varying beliefs and lifestyles.
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