Tidbits about me

In real life, I work full time as a broker. 
I love my job, it is my dream job. The job that I have dreamed about upon entering the work place.

Me and my Dad

Outside of work, I recently reconnected with an old coworker who has the same "green" interests me. The more we hung out and the more projects we did, the more I realized that I was working to support my hobbies.
 
She taught me about "urban homesteading". The more I learned, the more passionate I became about the subject. The more passionate I became the more I wanted to share, the more I shared, the happier I was. 

My interest in being self-sustaining first came from my Dad. unfortunately the lessons he taught me didn't really sink in until my early twenties, after I bought my first house. 


Flash back to my early 20s being at the grocery store and looking at the price of grapes thinking "Shoot, I could grow my own for half that price". As I usually do, I went in head fist into the project without really thinking anything though. 
The next weekend I had raised garden beds some grape starts, a hand full of seeds, and not a clue what I was doing.

One sad tomato and Jalapenos

That fist year none of my plants produced.

My goal for the next year was to grow so much that I would have enough to share. 

In reality the next year brought many hardships and little time for growing plants. What did grow was a beautiful and rewarding relationship with my, soon to be, husband. 

This year my first house is now being rented out by a fantastic young lady and I have a functioning urban homestead my life partner. 

side note: I apologize my the awful pictures. I am realizing that I have a severe lack of quality photos at my disposal. This will soon be remedied, promise.