Family

In order to share a little bit about each of the family members,we all came up with a short series of questions and had each person answer them. Here are the questions:

1. What is your favorite homestead animal?

2. What is your favorite moment so far living on the homestead?

3. What is your least favorite moment so far living on the homestead?

4. If you could get a new animal to join us, which would it be?

5. What is your favorite vegetable to grow and harvest?

6. What do you like best about living in the country?

7. Would you prefer to live in the city?

8. What new skill are you trying to learn this year?

9. If you could become a Hobbit, would you?

And here are the answers:

J.I. [12 year old daughter]

1. Horses or Goats
2. I love sharing our lives with the animals.
3. The first year when all of our corn was destroyed by raccoons.
4. Goats because they can provide meat, milk and fiber.
5. Corn and Potatoes
6. The freedom to live, play, and learn on our land.
7. No.
8. Baking
9. Yes

F.P. [11 year old daughter]

1. Chickens

2.  Spending time with the baby chicks and ducks.

3. Mosquitos!

4. Cows or Goats, so that we can learn how to milk and make cheese.

5. Corn

6. Living in the woods and hunting in the fall.

7. No

8. Milking.

9. Yes

L. [11 year old son]

1. Pigs

2. Taking care of the baby pigs when they were born.

3. When I forgot to shut the gate and the pigs got loose.

4. Cows, to learn how to milk and make hay to feed them.

5. Corn

6. The lack of pollution and noise like in the city, instead it is quiet and there is alot of forest.

7. No.

8. How to survive in the woods alone and to start hunting.

9. Yes

J.M. [6 year old daughter]

1. Goats

2. When we got our first baby chicks.

3. How mean roosters can be and ticks.

4. Cows

5. Corn

6. I love playing in the woods.

7. No

8. How to climb higher into trees.

9. Yes

C.R. [5 year old daughter]

1. Cow

2. When we got our first baby chicks.

3. Roosters!

4. Cow

5. Carrots

6. Being able to have so many animals.

7. No

8. I want to learn how to HUNT!

9. No

T.K. [3 year old son]

1. Cows

2. Baby pigs

3. I don't know.

4. Turkeys.

5. Big seeds.

6. Planting.

7. No

8. Drive a tractor.

9. No, I am a Hobbit.