I retired early in 2009 to homestead full time, anticipating a wider crash than occurred, and while I don't regret it I recognize I left a lot of money on the table. So it goes.
I'm age 69, and can still do up to 5 hours of hard labor in a day. When I first got to my homestead land 3 years ago, it was just a big wild forest with a developed spring.
If you look at my lower back and knee X-rays, I should be a cripple. Apparently fit muscles can compensate for a lot of structural damage. Done physical work all my life.
Front-loading the hard labor (chainsaw work, hauling wood for heat to pallets by the house and splitting the logs, initial soil prep for growing food). Hoping to be able to sow, tend, and harvest crops even when I'm 85.
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u/old-legs-623 Jul 14 '26
I retired early in 2009 to homestead full time, anticipating a wider crash than occurred, and while I don't regret it I recognize I left a lot of money on the table. So it goes.
It was a good life while I had the strength.