Nor'Easter

Thank you all for the warm welcome I'm figuring out how the forum threads are, and have really enjoyed reading them! I'd be happy to answer whatever questions I can, though I'm "in the trenches" like everyone else and may not have all of the answers Questions about my child hood are easy to answer, and I have many fond memories (with all of these cool emoticons, how do you ever get anything accomplished here? ) Thanks again! PS This is the only website that my husband has encouraged me to spend time on!

Hello, my name is Nora, and I live in New England with my husband and our 4 kiddos. We are urban homesteaders (1/2 acre of land, bordering hundreds of acres of public forests), and beginning preppers. Camping, hunting, hiking, fishing, canoeing, gardening, canning, dehydrating, sewing, natural foods/cleaners, frugality...all stuff I love. I grew up in an "odd" way. We lived completely off-grid, starting in a tent, then one room cabin, then a foundation with one room cabin on top (cabin rolled down the hill into place on logs,) and now that I am 33, their house is finally (almost) complete They have never been in debt for their home, and we built as we had money and time for materials. Hauling water and wood in the winter, harvesting tons of veggies and wild edibles in the summer...didn't seem so wonderful when I was a child but I appreciate it so much more now. I'm really looking forward to learning more from all of you