After two weeks of virtually no blogging, it’s lists like these that can get me going again. Yesterday I listed this week’s goals, today I’m looking at the Big Homesteading Plans for 2010. There is some sort of order here, but don’t ask me which.
- Chicken coop (cob? attached to greenhouse? moat?) and 6 (?) chickens
- Bee school and beehive
- New patio and garden path, and small lawn in the back
- Remove asbestos tiles in basement and create root cellar there
- Plant bushes and small fruit and nut trees
- Better fence around veg garden, and gates
- Better, bigger compost system
- Small garden/storage shed in veg garden
- Start on permaculture flower garden up front
- Front drainage and filtration “creek” ending in wetland/pond
- Solar thermal collector/glass greenhouse (attached to front balcony)
- Woodworking shop/pottery studio: this is a big one because it means demolishing our rotting shed, pouring concrete over a larger footprint, and putting up a frame. In our town we are not allowed to do those things ourselves. Also, it would cost a lot of money (this problem could possibly be solved by no. 17)
- Earth oven for baking bread, pizza and drying firewood
- Pottery wheel from the engine of our old dryer
- Double our food self-sufficiency
- Get serious about our emergency supplies
- Finish novel, find agent, get published
- Get serious about Transition in my town
Good goals! Excellent list! I have to admit I envy your having a basement. We sorely miss having one.
I especially wish you good luck on #17. That would be a wonderful personal accomplishment for sure.