First Post

Welcome to our family blog!!!!  This blog is our story of how a big family can become more self-reliant in a world that makes everything so easy for us.  The purpose of our project is to teach our kids how to work the land, how to grow our own foods in our garden, how to look for wild food and how to raise our own chickens for eggs.  We are extremely excited for our kids to have this experience on a farm.
Currently, we own approx. 15 acres of land in the Picket Post area of Oconee County, South Carolina.  Julie and I married in May of last year.  We both have children from our first marriages.  Julie has triplets, two girls and a boy that are 9 years old, and another son that is 7.  I also have a 7 year old from my first marriage.  We have two dogs and two chickens currently.  (This was 7 until about a week ago, when the great chicken catastrophe occured in our front yard.... no fun)
Anyway, our long range plans for our farm is to develop an heirloom garden that is year round and allows us to become more self-reliant.  We also see the enormous benefit from just knowing where our food is coming from! 
We would GREATLY appreciate your input and advice, and thanks for reading!
chris