Mark's best invention
Mark's got a talent for
tinkering. He's invented a POOP-free chicken waterer that thousands of flocks
around the world enjoy. His deer deterrents keep my garden happy.
And he's always coming up with new device to make farm life
easier. But his best invention, by far, is weekends.
Readers, don't worry ---
Mark won't be patenting weekends anytime soon, so you too can enjoy his
invention. Just pretend work doesn't exist and ignore the weeds
in the garden and the apples that need to be preserved. Then
light a cheery fire, read a book, hang out with people you care about,
and enjoy yourself. You'll be glad you did.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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That is the catch 22 of working off the farm and still trying to homestead --- you drive yourself crazy trying to find free time.
I hear you all might be our new neighbors?
I know what you mean about having to use weekends for farm work since you work off-farm all week. For now I just try to think of farm work as "fun" - since it is - which does help a lot. But people really do need some downtime so I've arranged with the boss that I go to part-time work every Spring and continue that until early Fall. I work full time the rest of the year. When the house and land are paid off I'll stick with part-time all the time, unless I can manage to muster up a thriving micro-business.
Mark and Anna are masters at this. Anyone lucky enough to live near them will not only have some great friends, but I'd say fantastic mentors as well.