Post by Bushmomma on Feb 14, 2005 2:39:32 GMT -5
I just announced to my family, "Leave me alone. I'm going to go meet some friends.” I'm new to the forum world so bare with me while I learn the ropes.
We are here in Mountain Village, on the lower Yukon River. ("We" being my husband, son (9), and three girls (7, 5, and 1.) This area has been home to my husband and me for almost twenty years.
We live as much of a subsistence life as we can. Fill the freezer with moose and caribou, halibut (from summers in Homer) and Yukon King salmon. Yummy! Oh! And those wonderful tundra blueberries that Jenny loves too. My husband and son are avid trappers and we have plenty of skins to sew into warm clothing.
We have enjoyed gardening out here and had green houses too. One of my favorite adventures was when we brought out fertile eggs and hatched them (in our bedroom) and eventually, when the ground thawed enough, dug a deep cave in a cut bank and built a door. This was a great, insulated coop. (Our timing was real bad on that one though and those chickens lived in our house for way too long! It was a late spring. Whew!) Those chickens lasted three years and supplied us with eggs year round. This was in a small village that seldom had eggs, so they were very appreciated by all!
In May 2005, (three short months) my hubby will retire and we will leave our "bush" lives behind and head to Homer. We have loved our years out here, learned so much and feel very blessed to have been able to live in this beautiful country, but honestly, we are so excited to start the next chapter of life that we can barely stand it!
So now I am packing boxes to mail to Homer...Twenty years of "we may need this some day" stuff equates to a lot of boxes! We plan to have dairy and pack/harness goats, laying and meat chickens, a large organic garden and honeybees. (We just ordered our bees and hives today! It's all starting to come together!)
There is so much new stuff to learn now...where to find the berries, good hunting areas, how to store the veggies we hope to harvest, and everything about goats in Alaska! I am thankful that there is this forum where everyone can share their experiences and wisdom with other like-minded folks.
Nice to meet ya and God Bless,
Jeanie
We are here in Mountain Village, on the lower Yukon River. ("We" being my husband, son (9), and three girls (7, 5, and 1.) This area has been home to my husband and me for almost twenty years.
We live as much of a subsistence life as we can. Fill the freezer with moose and caribou, halibut (from summers in Homer) and Yukon King salmon. Yummy! Oh! And those wonderful tundra blueberries that Jenny loves too. My husband and son are avid trappers and we have plenty of skins to sew into warm clothing.
We have enjoyed gardening out here and had green houses too. One of my favorite adventures was when we brought out fertile eggs and hatched them (in our bedroom) and eventually, when the ground thawed enough, dug a deep cave in a cut bank and built a door. This was a great, insulated coop. (Our timing was real bad on that one though and those chickens lived in our house for way too long! It was a late spring. Whew!) Those chickens lasted three years and supplied us with eggs year round. This was in a small village that seldom had eggs, so they were very appreciated by all!
In May 2005, (three short months) my hubby will retire and we will leave our "bush" lives behind and head to Homer. We have loved our years out here, learned so much and feel very blessed to have been able to live in this beautiful country, but honestly, we are so excited to start the next chapter of life that we can barely stand it!
So now I am packing boxes to mail to Homer...Twenty years of "we may need this some day" stuff equates to a lot of boxes! We plan to have dairy and pack/harness goats, laying and meat chickens, a large organic garden and honeybees. (We just ordered our bees and hives today! It's all starting to come together!)
There is so much new stuff to learn now...where to find the berries, good hunting areas, how to store the veggies we hope to harvest, and everything about goats in Alaska! I am thankful that there is this forum where everyone can share their experiences and wisdom with other like-minded folks.
Nice to meet ya and God Bless,
Jeanie
