First Blog + First Post = Writer's Block

What do you write for a first post?  I could go on at length about who I am and where I came from (or how I wound up here)... but those stories seem a bit to personal for a first encounter.  Maybe a simple introduction is all that's called for here.

I'm a teacher in Walton County Georgia -- high school social studies (and NO -- I don't coach!)  My husband and I have been married 2 wonderful years, although we've know each other since our own high school days some 30 years ago.  We live in a suburb dotted with all types of farmland and subdivisions and local 'big box' shopping centers -- although, sadly, we couldn't sustain a Starbucks.  One child at home ... one off and grown with a child of her own.

We've decided to build a homestead on our property up in northeast Georgia, about an hour from here.  Trouble is: we have no money, no building skills, have never worked on a farm, and -- for now -- I'm working here ... not there.  Not exactly a knapsack full of experience, but not exactly insurmountable odds.  We're devouring everything we can find on homesteading and have a fairly successful backyard garden experiment growing at the moment.  We're gathering information and trying our hand at whatever we can afford to do that is allowable in our neighborhood. 

For the time being, this blog will contain thoughts, information, and the events of our experiements.  I know there are a lot of other homestead blogs out here in the internet world.  I know because I've been reading you all for the last year or more and am stealing utilizing all your good ideas.  I hope some of you tag along with us as we design a self-sufficient, mostly organic, debt-free homestead that feeds our bodies and enriches our souls.