Moving to the Country — A Backwoods Home Guide

Description

This guide is all about making a successful move to the country. This book is a compilation of updated articles previously published in Backwoods Home Magazine and Self-Reliance.

• Making a successful move
• Planning is essential
• Realistic goals
• Tips for older homesteaders
• Building a side business in the country
• Saving money on the homestead
• Quit your job and homestead full time
• The good life starts with your garden

192 Pages

Foreword

If you’d like to move farther into the countryside and be more self-reliant, perhaps even raise a few chickens and goats, plant a garden, and can some of your own food, you’re not alone. For 35 years, Backwoods Home Magazine (BHM) and Self-Reliance (SR) readers have been extolling the stress-free and healthful lifestyle of living in the country where congestion and crime are low, where there are many opportunities to relax in Nature, and to be able to practice a more self-reliant lifestyle.

This book contains dozens of first-hand accounts taken from the pages of BHM and SR during those years. They paint a life of varied homesteading adventures in the country that you may find fascinating and educational. They offer valuable real life tips on how to make a successful transition to living in the country, sometimes deep into the wilderness. A common theme in the stories is that a successful move often comes down to how well you plan and whether or not you’ve learned a few homesteading and self-reliance skills before you make the move. The stories will show you the planning you should do and the skills you may want to learn.

If you are tired of a stressful life in a congested world full of deadlines and crime, take a few days to unwind by reading some of these stories. They may form part of your getaway plan to escape to the country life. — Dave Duffy