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Member Information
This area is for members information. We will also
post links to members personal web sites.
We now
have 18 members. I can imagine that everyone would enjoy learning just a little bit about each other. If you're so inclined,
please send by email, the amount of information you're comfortable sharing at this site. It will be posted here.
MEMBER:
Hello I am Sue. I
have been interested in a BackHome Chapter since I purchased my first BackHome magazine #56 Jan/Feb 2002. I wanted to join
a Chapter, however one was not available to me, so finally I decided to start one. I am striving to become more self-sustaining.
I am eager to communicate with like-minded people in West Virginia! And the Mid Atlantic states too! I have
a 24 acre parcel and a 6 acre parcel in southeastern West Virginia close to southwestern
Virginia border. I also have a 4.59 parcel in West Virginia close to the border of WV – VA more to the northeastern
part of the state. I homestead all these to some degree. So this is why I am open to people from PA, MD, VA and KY.
I have expierence with most all farm animals;cattle, sheep, goats,
chickens,ducks, gease, turkey and rabbits. I do not raise all these animals all at the same time. Have a garden, can
food and use a root cellar. Built electric fence. Have drawn water from a well with a bucket also. Have experience with cutting
wood. Have passive solar heated cabin with summer cool air draft. I am into composting toilets, rainwater catchment, gray
water irrigation/reuse, solar and wind energy. And more things will be added as I think of them.
MEMBER:
My name is Brenda and I live in Central Kentucky. Hoping to find and
share information and make new friends with same interest.
MEMBER:
Hello my name is Randy. I have just this month (January 2005)moved to Kentucky from Ohio. I have
purchased 160 acres of land in Eastern Kentucky and plan to make it my home. I'm very interested in sustainable living, alternative
building,
renewable energy and permaculture. I would like to network with others who have an interest in homesteading and sustainable
living. I would like to offer knowledge I may have gained to others in this chapter, in addition to offering assistance with
projects that you may have.
MEMBER:
Liz from Virginia
I'm in Patrick County,
southwest Virginia right down on the North Carolina
line. I am working toward living off-grid, will
be building a cordwood home in the next couple of years; want to connect with others with the same kinds of goals.
Member: Joyce from West Virginia I need all the information on homesteading I can get. I enjoy bartering, since I always seem to be low on cash.
I have 3 children still with
me and many animals. I enjoy gardening, building, and home schooling my 2 girls and just life in general in WV. I'm originally
from NYC, but have lived here almost 12 yrs. I would like to barter my services for any advice or help with fixing things.
I can baby sit, take care of animals, paint, take care of elderly, garden, mow, and I'm also a licensed massage therapist.
Member:
Tracie from West Virginia
I am Tracie, dh is Steve (we're
both 41) and we have eight children ages 7 mos. to 20 yrs. old. We've home schooled and homesteaded since 1995 when we left
Toledo, OH for a small farm in rural Michigan.
We came to WV in 2002 and bought a 25-acre farm in Barboursville. I can't tell you how much we love it here. I hope
that this is our final earthly home.
We've
raised nearly every kind of livestock there is in our 10 years of
living beyond the sidewalks...chickens, duck, guineas, turkeys, geese, rabbits, goats, cattle,
deer and horses. Right now we're down to a couple dogs (Golden Retriever and Great Dane), a peacock, a Jersey
calf, 4 goats and a Quarter horse.
We
enjoy doing as much from scratch for ourselves as possible. I love
gardening, canning, sewing, spinning, soap making, woodworking, etc.
Couldn't pick just one favorite, so I guess that's why I'm a homesteader.
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