Welcome to Birdman's Roost :)
Our little Homestead!
As small as it is, it is ours. We have put a lot of work into it and it seems like every time we do something it leads to something else. The work is never done but it is what we choose to do. We try to stay green and do things smartly so as to enjoy what we have and not depend on big business for things we need. You always will have to buy things but if you can grow or raise something of your own it is so much better. By growing and raising your own food you know exactly what you have when you are done. This can be as simple as no pesticides or medicines in your food. I do hope you enjoy looking thru the things we have done.
What We Did!
We started out with a little over an acre of land and decided that was enough for us to take care of. If we could work it out right we figured we could make it work for everything we wanted to do. What we wanted to do was put together a little hobby farm for the grandchildren to enjoy. We also wanted a garden for our vegetables and a place for the kids to play. We put in a Koi pond and a gazebo for relaxing on the nice summer nights. This way we could sit and listen to the waterfall and watch the kids play out in the area that was for them.
Our Humble Home.
We live in an older trailer which is really more like a house because it came with a tag along which is nothing but extra width. So we are twenty-four feet wide by seventy feet long. It also was the only trailer made at that time with baseboard hot water heat. It had all the extras included like two bathrooms, three big bedrooms a fifteen by twenty-four foot living room and a dining room. My biggest problem with it was the fact that every room had real birch paneling installed. I dry walled all but two bedrooms and we painted so now it felt like home. The people who had it originally had a cement block foundation put in for it to set on so like I said it is more like a house.