Pursuing A Country Life Podcast

PACL-006 – Homestead Security

steve@borntofarm.com (Steve Howard) — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:38:35 +0000

Thank for coming back for another episode. I do apologize for the past interruptions, but things ar moving now so I will have more to share each week. The Meatrix – Interesting twist on the “Matrix” as you watch the cow “Moopheous “shows you the illusions about factory farming and reality. Free, and worth a [...]

PACL-005 Why Do I Want to Simplify?

steve@borntofarm.com (Steve Howard) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:45:21 +0000

Why do so many people want to downsize and simplify these days? While I can’t answer for everyone else, I wanted to share my reasons, and see how they compare to yours, whether you are in a suburban lot wanting to move or are already there, most of the benefits will be the same. [...]

Life’s Little Surprises

steve@borntofarm.com (Steve Howard) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:37:32 +0000

One of the bumps in the road to moving to my country homestead in California, was the sale of our current home in Texas. Since we weren’t able to sell for as much as we planned on, we had to stick around for another year and save up some cash. But that meant our new [...]

California Here I Come

steve@borntofarm.com (Steve Howard) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:24:56 +0000

It’s really hard for me to believe this, but it’s been nearly a year since we placed our Texas Property on the market and planned excitedly for moving to a new home on our land in California. But due to the down economy, when it did sell in September, it was substantially less than we [...]

Country Priorities

steve@borntofarm.com (Steve Howard) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:57:06 +0000

One of the first things anyone moving to the country will need to do is plan out where the critical survival items will come from. You can’t always run into town every time you need something. Planning is a skill you will need to develop. For me the most critical needs are Water, Power, Food, [...]

“Pursuing” a Country Life Can Be a Slow Process

steve@borntofarm.com (Steve Howard) — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:45:10 +0000

Pursuing a Country Life ain’t as easy as I thought it would be. But Not in the way I’ll bet you’re thinking. It’s S L O W going. I am all set to leave the day job as soon as our home sells. Problem is, the housing market has so many homes on the market, [...]

Planning a New Homestead

steve@borntofarm.com (Steve Howard) — Fri, 27 May 2011 01:32:20 +0000

Once we decided to actually pull the trigger and move to a homestead instead of an apartment or and typical urban home I really became excited. After all there was so much to look forward to; larger food garden Chickens for fresh eggs, and honeybees. But then it hit me – there was also a [...]

PACL-004 Cast Iron, Home Grain Milling, & We’re Moving!

steve@borntofarm.com (Steve Howard) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:43:41 +0000

We now have a new Email Newsletter – By subscribing you will get announcements weekly about new podcasts and blog posts and occasional articles available only to the list members. No spamming or selling. Upper right corner has a large Orange Subscribe button. This week we’ll be talking a bit about Cast Iron Cookware it’s [...]

PACL-003 What Happened to Pantries? and Buying a Food Dehydrator

steve@borntofarm.com (Steve Howard) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:31:31 +0000

Food Pantries Why don’t we have Food Pantries in our homes like our grandparents did? I believe there are a couple of reasons Increased Number of nearby grocery stores Industrial Food ( convenient, quick processed food ) No home gardens People think it’s easier to stop after work But since the late 90′s there has [...]

PACL-002 Water Needs, Organic Composting and Recycling for the Homestead

steve@borntofarm.com (Steve Howard) — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:57:30 +0000

In this episode, Scott Howard (my son) joins me from his home and garden in Northern California as we discuss water needs for the new homestead, recycling, composting, and a little about freecycle.org. We talk about recycling and reuse and what we see as definitions of each as we prepare to move to our homestead. [...]

PACL-001 How to find your own Country Homestead

steve@borntofarm.com (Steve Howard) — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:20:16 +0000

First a little background on myself and my wife, and our reasons for wanting to move away from the city and to the country. Although I grew up technically in the suburbs, I spent every spare moment thinking of a way I could stay with my grandparents on their farm. I loved the country as [...]