What breed are you?

[BarredBuff]

Hmm what does Buffy mean by this terminology?

Hobby homesteader?

Prepper?

Survival homesteader?

Self reliant or self sufficent?


Im considering myself a survival homesteader, of course this is not currently our only way of survival. We have a year round pantry, meat animals, large gardens and orchards, plus the year round animals like my breeding rabbits, laying chickens, guard dog, and soon to be milk cow.

 

[Wannabefree]

Hmmm what is today? I switch up. I go from hobby to serious back to hobby....

 

[me&thegals]

You might need to define these, but I'd call us pretty serious homesteaders.

 

[Marianne]

You might need to define these, but I'd call us pretty serious homesteaders.

I'm aiming in that direction, too. Learning new skills, etc.

 

[Beekissed]

Well...I recently looked up the definition of homestead and, since I'm not currently working a piece of land to "prove up" on the claim nor am I currently working on a raw piece of woodland acreage and clearing it for farming, so I'd say I'm no longer a homesteader, though I've been part of such a family unit in the past.

Definitely do not do this for kicks or for a hobby.

Definitely do not fit the label of a prepper....unless you mean it in Biblical terms.

I'm leaning towards the label of "self-reliance"...no matter where I live.

 

[BusyBlonde]

Guess I'm a prepper, working towards serious. Working on expanding my gardens, planting more berry plants and fruit trees, got chickens but looking towards goats and a beef steer. Always looking for ways to make things myself, conserve more. Looking to replace our pre-fab fireplace with a woodstove. Learning to can, and preserve with other methods.

 

[Wannabefree]

I really dunno where I would fit. I am homesteading, but I trade ALOT of animals back and forth too. I just got rid of 4 rabbits and a rooster. I have all my animals for "prepper" or "sustainability" reasons, but don't completely rely on them for food at the moment so don't consider myself anything other than a glorified hobby farmer at the moment. We don't eat strictly our chickens, but we have eat some, and all of their eggs that I don't hatch. we do drink goat milk, but don't eat goat So where would you all say we fall in these categories?

 

[BarredBuff]

I dont consider me or you (WBF) as hobby homesteaders. We are way to worked into it to be hobby'ers. I guess we would be Self Reliant Homesteaders.....good term there. We rely on ourselves as much as we can but still have to buy stuff. I guess Im sort of a prepper by having things canned and stocked but I see that as economical and frugal. I dont see us at our place self sufficent because true self sufficency is downright impossible.

 

[Wannabefree]

I dont consider me or you (WBF) as hobby homesteaders. We are way to worked into it to be hobby'ers. I guess we would be Self Reliant Homesteaders.....good term there. We rely on ourselves as much as we can but still have to buy stuff. I guess Im sort of a prepper by having things canned and stocked but I see that as economical and frugal. I dont see us at our place self sufficent because true self sufficency is downright impossible.

Yeah, plus alot of days i don't like it enough to consider it a hobby I do it because I like the security of knowing we'll be okay come what may, because we have the foundation, and knowledge to be self sufficient if ever we are forced to be. But I hate it some days It's alot of dang WORK!

 

[BarredBuff]

I dont consider me or you (WBF) as hobby homesteaders. We are way to worked into it to be hobby'ers. I guess we would be Self Reliant Homesteaders.....good term there. We rely on ourselves as much as we can but still have to buy stuff. I guess Im sort of a prepper by having things canned and stocked but I see that as economical and frugal. I dont see us at our place self sufficent because true self sufficency is downright impossible.

Yeah, plus alot of days i don't like it enough to consider it a hobby I do it because I like the security of knowing we'll be okay come what may, because we have the foundation, and knowledge to be self sufficient if ever we are forced to be. But I hate it some days It's alot of dang WORK!

It is a lot of work! Some days A LOT!