Stepping Heavenward

He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
Psalm 40:2

The "Have-More Plan"
Feb. 25, 2008



I love this little book! It was written in the 1940's and is about small scale homesteading. I bought it a few years ago, and pull it out every now and then to dream ...

This plan is the story of our place, of my family and me. It's the true story of how we have built our homestead. I hope you will be able to get some new ideas from it.

We call our plan -- the "Have-More" Plan because that is the way it worked for us. Our plan shows how you can have a lovely home of your own on a piece of land that will furnish your family with food, recreation and health ...

You'll have far smaller weekly grocery, meat, and milk bills. With the small scale, modern, labor-saving methods we'll show you, you can raise 75% of all your family's food and find real pleasure in doing it.

I'd love to buy 2 acres in the country someday -- far enough out to feel rural, but close enough for Dave to still work in the city. Ideally, we could have a small orchard (apple, pear, peach and plum trees), lots of berry plants (strawberry, blueberry, and raspberry), and a huge vegetable garden. And, a few chickens. {grin Chrystal}

Considering food prices are expected to rise sharply this year, I'm glad that we've already gotten our garden plans underway for this home, this year. Feeding three growing boys  is already expensive! It will be nice to have some offset to the grocery bill.

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I will have to look for that book! We have 2 acres in the country! I'm looking into doing more with our land. We had a small garden once but gave us on it when we didn't yield much fruit!

msack - 9:36 AM - Feb. 25, 2008


I'm tellin' ya, we're twins...

We are renting a house right now, and we have about 2 acres with free roam of old cattle fields and a pond. It's wonderful. It is just screaming for chickens and goats, though. Since we're only renting, I can't make that kind of commitment, but the raised bed in the back is in the process of being cleared out and the garden is planned. I can't wait to pick that first salad... fresh red and green lettuce, baby spinach, sugar snap peas. Yum!

Great, now I'm hungry!

I'm glad I popped by to tag you for a meme. I decided to create one, and you're my first tagee. Participate if you'd like. If not, that's fine too. I know you've got gobs of time after you're done homeschooling, gardening and running your business. :)

Here's the meme address if you're interested:
http://apollosacademy.blogspot.com/2008/02/whats-on-your-desk.html


Blessings,
Tutor, Apollos Academy

The Tutor - 12:26 PM - Feb. 25, 2008


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Ug, I hear ya! I need this book! My two older boys eat more than I do and sometimes more than my hubby! Our food bill has gone WAY up and it took me a few trips of going shopping and saying, "WHAT did I buy?" before I realized I didn't buy anything different, it just got more expensive! Now with another mouth to feed (she is tiny but BOY does she eat!) it adds up!

"Bizzy" Tracy - 2:19 PM - Feb. 25, 2008


"Have-More Groupie"

I have been an affectionato of the "Have-More" plan for years. It has been very inspiring for me. I am an urban homesteader. I raise my families vegetables, fruit and have three backyard hens for our egg supply. "Have-More" has also inspired me to start my own web business UBuilderPlans.com we sell building plans for homesteaders. The City Biddy Hen House is one of these plans. It is a small mobile backyard chicken coop perfect for "Have-More" homesteaders today. http://www.ubuilderplans.com

Anonymous - 9:55 PM - Mar. 29, 2008







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