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From procuring firewood as a senior to dealing with aches and pains, this advice from aging homesteaders shows both the challenges and rewards can be great.
Heating with a wood stove is cheap, efficient and comfortable yet a little messy.
Our many experiences, successes and failures from mountain homesteading in southern Colorado for 24 years.
Sometimes tasks on a homestead pile up and the stress to accomplish them becomes overwhelming.
Photo by Bruce McElmurray We started planning our move to our retirement cabin well in advance of the actual move. It took careful planning, because our finances were very limited and the cost to develop our property was beyond our financial ability. We knew we had to plan carefully and change our lifestyle habits if we wanted to accomplish our long-term goal. When the dream is finally formulated, the planning starts. In our case ,it was years of planning, so we had plenty of time to put together a realistic plan. We made our plan by segments. Our first segment was to determine if we could e...