Name Change

I have been wanting to change the name of this blog for sometime now. Not the web address, just the name. I think the name of my blog was giving people the wrong impression about me. Bless Ewe Farm was the name I had in mind for my farm if and when we acquired one, and so when I started this blog as an account of our journey to the farm I decided to name it after my dream farm. Like everything though, things change. The farm dream has been downscaled, let's just say it has be pruned a bit.

I needed a blog name that more accurately represented my main objectives. When I started the Bless Ewe Farm blog it was with my full intention to move out onto many acres to raise sheep. Much time has passed (over two years), research has been completed and I have found myself steering more and more away from large scale or even small scale "farming". I'm more like a self-sufficient gardener than a farmer anyway.

At this point I am not entirely sure I intend to have any animals at all, other than domesticated cats and dogs. Animals are a lot of work, and although I do not shy away from working up a good sweat, I am humble enough to admit that maybe I should leave that kind of work to the experts of agriculture. Feeding, mucking and handling I can deal with. Illness, birthing, hoof clipping, de-worming and castration are aspects of animal husbandry that I am squeamish about. If I did decide to raise animals it would be a handful of chickens, maybe a beef cow but certainly nothing more than a standard hobby farm operation.

I am still of a homespun mindset. I am living simply according to my family's needs and my values. Does that mean I do everything "by the book"? No. Do I need to justify myself to the homesteading community at large? No. This blog is simply an extension of me, the work I enjoy and the life I lead. I think the title, Home[in]stead does a better job of describing me and what this blog is about.