Starting Our little homestead

 My SO and I have always loved living in the country. You would have never knew this when we first meet. We both were in living in the city when we first meet. In our tiny apartments that we rented we tried to implement some country living. I grew vegetables on my small 3' by 8' patio. A lot of my cooking has always been from scratch. My SO would take the time to hunt and fish to help proved some of his food. When we started dating, we would talk about moving back to the country and becoming more self sufficient. 

    I lived on some old farm land growing up. No, we didn't run a farm or have live stock on this land. My parents had pigs and chickens, but that was before my time. However what we did have was fruit and nut trees. My parents would have this huge garden every summer. I grew up eating off of trees and bushes. There was nothing better than walking out to the garden to grab a tomato or cucumber for lunch. We got our milk from a local farm. (I still shake my milk to this day.) Growing up and even to this day, that's the way I want to live. That is how I want my kids to live.

    My SO live in a similar way. He has several uncle and aunts that had property that reminds me of my childhood home. He learned to hunt which at the time was more a hobby than for a source of food for his family. 

    My SO and I spent 3 years saving and looking for some property to get back to our roots. I missed having a garden. I missed being able to walk outside and not being able to see my neighbors. We wanted to start raising our kids based off the way we were raised. That is how Tiny Raptor Farm was created.