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RE: Welcoming Strangers To Our Homestead
That's wonderful that you are opening your home for others to learn. I much prefer the idea of offering classes where folks if they are really interested can come learn and discuss with you further about homesteading (it would tend to screen out some of the riff raff.) Have you ever considered having work bees where people could come share in the work and learn at the same time. I know they do it with straw bale building and such but why not with gardening, etc.
heck, work bees sounds really great. I am such a ...control freak ... so I'll have to work on that because it would be nice to teach and also have extra hands to to the lifting. I'm not sure we'll find too many people locally who are interested, we live in a place where the mentality is to do little and expect a lot in return but it seem like people from afar are often asking if we have opportunities like this.
I hear yah1 Maybe letting go a little when you see the other gains you may get - it can be very rewarding helping and teaching others. There was also a movement where people travelled and worked on organic farms so that may be an idea to board someone for a while in exchange for them working on the homestead.
Absolutely. It is something worth refining within myself! :)
We would love to have someone board here. One day when we can build an small guest cabin or tee pee or something suitable for accommodation we will absolutely do that! It is a great suggestion.