How do you plan on homesteading with small kids around

**homesteadmamma** · 08-26-2002, 09:50 AM

Do you feel you can do it with little ones around? Will it be a learning experience for them or will you wait until they are older to fufill your dream of homesteading?

**QuilterMom** · 03-13-2004, 07:37 AM

I think it will be an awesome learning experience for ds. He is so excited about moving and getting to garden (he wants to grow pumpkins and sunflowers).

**canadian gardener** · 03-13-2004, 11:59 AM

I was like this when they were little and in fact that sort of spurred me on.

I guess I really wanted to show them the choices they could have by learning these skills, and passing them down.

**Heather** · 03-13-2004, 02:30 PM

The boys have, since moving here, been used to doing chores in the barn, help with the garden, cut grass, trim, help build fences, take down old fencing, repair fences...see where I'm goin' with the fences..lol, help dh repair machinery, and so on....I truly feel these experiences will help them down the road. Delaney LOVES to help in the garden. It is second nature to her. When she was a baby I would put her playpen in the middle of the garden where she would nap and when she was awake she would be in the garden with me and now she is such a big help!! This year we are making a sunflower maze at one end of the garden and that is HERS!! Delaney helps hang laundry on the clothesline and takes it down....oh, there are some things that with young children take longer but they are learning SO much.

**homesteadmamma** · 03-13-2004, 02:34 PM

Wow I started thi thread quite some time ago, just shortly after we moved here. My kids have learned so much by us homesteading. They've learnt to scrollsaw and help dad clean up the shope. Dd has learnt quilting and is designing her own quilt. They've learnt gardening and how to take care of one, how to save water, how to tap trees for maple syrup, how to fish. Its amazing what they've learnt and will take with them for life.

Nothing better than teaching our kids survival skills.

**Heather** · 03-14-2004, 01:25 PM

Carolyn, that sounds awesome!! That would be so neat. I'm going to look into that!! Thanks for the GREAT idea.

**Michele Annette** · 03-28-2004, 03:25 PM

We don't have children, but we always thought it would be a great experience! All I remember was, when we were little and lived in the country, it was some of the best memories of my childhood! I REALLY miss those days!