Homesteading On A Budget by Angelina of the The White Family Homestead.
Hi friends, I’m Angelina and this is the story of how my husband Casey and I started our homesteading/business journey. It was in early 2011 that we bought our home and property. My husband and I always knew we wanted to live in the country and after buying our property our goal was to be self sufficient.
We started with a garden, neither of us being gardeners. It began with a few seed packets, gifted tomato starts and we were hooked on growing our own food. Each year I learned more and more as we expanded the garden.
Then we bought chicks! I’m sure most of you know of chicken math.. Chicks lead to more and more chicks. Once we started our family, homesteading was even more important because we wanted to teach our kids about growing and raising food.
With our jobs and new babies keeping us busy our homestead didn’t expand much, but our goals and dreams didn’t stop. We were getting log trucks for firewood and would process 10 cords of wood every couple years. We also planted bare root trees for our mini orchard and did countless projects improving our homestead using free or cheap materials we’ve been given or found on Facebook/Craigslist.
As a family we discussed our next move and made the decision to invest in a plasma table and make metal decor that we were often on the hunt for during our treasure hunts at antique/thrift stores. Our vision for our metal decor business has always been to create original designs to add charm to our customer’s home and to create custom signs that have an heirloom quality that will be enjoyed for many years. All four of us do a part in making our business run.
Our homestead is also a team effort because we are teaching our kids about hard work but also what goes into what we do. The kids love collecting eggs and packaging them up when we would sell them at the market. My son loves chatting with the hens and giving them treats from our table. Both kids have been playing in the dirt since they were in diapers and still help me plant seeds and water the green babies. They are constantly amazing me in how fast they learn and everything they want to be a part of.
Our business may appear to be only metal decor but we are much more than that. Our goal is to show others that homesteading has many faces and it can be done on any budget. We want to prove to those just starting out that there are many ways of getting projects done and most of them they can do themselves. Along with that we want to provide quality craftsman made metal to add beauty to your home.
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