It's summer so we've basically stopped podcasting from the barn for a bit, it just get's way to hot up in the hayloft (attic) of the barn when it's >90f/30c outside and the sun is beating down on the roof all day. Instead we're out back on our patio, with the birds and the wind that picked up due to thunderstorms close by.
We have a less serious show this week. We blaze through the round up in record time, let us know what you think. The main topic is a reality check. Inspired by the end of the downshiftme podcast we cover what our expectations of work and interests were and then look at the reality of it. While we've covered a similar topic about 30 shows ago, we look at our situation more and what we are up to.
In the show:
- Intro and Welcome
- Farm Phone: 206-202-GOAT
- Tom and sheep milk
- Peg from Vancouver Island
- Omly from Boston
- Round Up
- Reality check, our goals and reality
Picture of the week: (this is why we do it)
Valeriec on 2007-06-18 12:35:49
Love your podcast. I thought this one was really good. From growing up in the Midwest, here are a few other things people might want to consider. If your coming from a major city, you may want to see if you would like to live in a small city, small town or country. Some people would not like being miles away from anyone else, or they may want to live in a small city instead of a town that has only a couple of thousand of people. They will also want to check the nearest major town/city. What does it offer? Does that met their needs (or both if their married and also have kids)? When I grew up in a small town (bout 800)even to get milk you had to drive 30-45 min away. Some people that may not bother, others like my husband it would. If they have medical issues that maybe life threatening, should they live close by a hospital? where is the nearest one located? Some counties in Iowa do not have hospitals. I don't know if that is true for the other states in the Midwest. So you may be hours away from a hospital or from a big enough hospital that will be able to treat you. For some people these maybe drawbacks, others it may not. I know whenever my husband & I move back to the midwest we will have to live in a small city, as due to medical reasons as well as my husband not wanting to live in a small town (he grew up in LA so he is more use to lots of people). Even though I would prefer to live in the country or small town, a small city would be fine for me and a good compromise for us. Anyways I hope I didn't sound too discouraging, but thought maybe somethings people who are considering moving to the midwest/country may want to think about.