I realized this morning that the reason I want to homestead so badly is to prove to myself and everybody else that I do have what it takes to survive. Of course, I also want myself and my family to have nothing but fresh, healthy food and fresh, clean air. To raise livestock where they can have the most humane treatment before moving on to the next life. To know I did everything I could to help nature heal herself. I want to solve problems and work hard. And I want to never be a burden the way I am now.
Anyway, I found some inexpensive solar panels I could buy, but I'd also need other items just to get them to work without destroying my computer. Whenever I have a computer, that is!
I'm trying to find out what I can do, job wise, so I can save money to live until we move and be able to purchase the items(and the land) we will need.
It turns out that it's difficult to grow fruit in Alaska. No apples may be the deal breaker. I was planning to convert apples into pectin for canning. Unless there's another way to preserve fruit, aside from drying and freezing, that is. I do plan to do both, but I would really like to be able to can as well.
Although I will likely freeze a large portion of or food that's produced, I will most likely do it outside. We won't have more electric than we need to run the computer. That's the plan, anyway. We don't WANT surplus electric. We're trying to get away from modern conveniences.
The computer, of course, would be a necessity. Unlike a fridge or freezer. I plan to have a pressure canner that I can place on the(wood burning) stove, as well as various other items we can use without power or petrolium products. Ironically, if we move to Alaska and receive residency there, we'll be elegable for over a thousand dollars a year, from petrolium drilling operations. That's per person. I plan to save it if we get it and sock it away in case we need it. With barter, I certainly hope we don't!
A thousand dollars a year doesn't seem like very much, until you realize we won't be spending money once we get there. Still, it doesn't hurt to have a backup plan. You never know when a glacier might hit the homestead or something. I'm kidding, of course.
I hope everyone reading this has a chance to fulfill THEIR dreams! Blessed be!