03/18/2010

Homesteading is Back

Homesteading With the economic crisis seemingly far from subsiding, many families have taken to homesteading. Although not as rustic as the real deal that has permeated American folklore, today's homesteading still has plenty of challenges and many perks.

"We feel we own our land and our lives again," one homesteader said as he puts the finishing touches on a roof of the home he and his wife bought on a 200 hundred plot of land in Idaho. "The land was inexpensive and beautiful," he adds.

More and more homesteaders are finding solace from immersing themselves in solitary areas, in hopes of escaping former financial trouble or the society that they feel is on sharp course with implosion.

Mar 18, 2010 3:41:37 AM | Society

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