{"id":16664,"date":"2015-10-02T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T21:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=16664"},"modified":"2015-10-09T08:55:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T14:55:35","slug":"eps-29-if-a-house-and-a-tent-had-a-baby-a-homesteader-tells-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/eps-29-if-a-house-and-a-tent-had-a-baby-a-homesteader-tells-all\/","title":{"rendered":"EPS 29: If a House and a Tent had a Baby: A homesteader tells all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s guest lives off-the-grid, but is still digitally connected: Esther Emery!<\/p>\n<p>Esther, her husband Nick, and their three children have been homesteading\u2013building a homemade home and sustainable lifestyle for several years! Scroll down for photos.<\/p>\n<p>For most of us,\u00a0the idea of living in a portable home\u2013a tent\/house mashup (a yurt), using an outhouse, an outdoor water source, making fire everyday, raising chickens for eggs and meat, cooking meals on a wood burning stove, and using\u00a0their own power sources,\u00a0on an ongoing basis\u00a0seems way out of our comfort zone.<\/p>\n<p>With grit and purpose, Esther and her family\u00a0are challenging normal American, consumerist, status quo and foregoing many comforts we taken for granted. Their entirely different lifestyle decision that takes living responsibly to a whole new level. It&#8217;s a story worth sharing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why have they done it?<br \/>\nHow do they make it work?<br \/>\nCould it ever be a lifestyle for you?\u00a0Listen to find out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16669\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16669\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/square-headshot-with-honeysuckle-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Esther Emery\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/square-headshot-with-honeysuckle-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/square-headshot-with-honeysuckle-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/square-headshot-with-honeysuckle-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/square-headshot-with-honeysuckle-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/square-headshot-with-honeysuckle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/square-headshot-with-honeysuckle-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JOIN THE LIVE Discussion:<a href=\"https:\/\/blab.im\/lisa-colon-delay-living-off-the-grid-ask-homesteader-estheremery-anything\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/blab.im\/lisa-colon-delay-living-off-the-grid-ask-homesteader-estheremery-anything<\/a> Esther Emery- homesteader, writer, wife and mom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Spark My Muse Project is where we\u00a0create, share, and go about\u00a0creating and communicating together.\u00a0Thanks for not just mindlessly scarfing down what is here\u00a0like a content-hungry &#8220;zombie\u00a0consumer&#8221;. :)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WANT to CONNECT? <strong>Enjoy The Spark Village Community!<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a\u00a0virtual village (<a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/the-spark-village\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Spark Village<\/a>) where we can converse, connect, and encourage each other. 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Spread the Spark!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u2022 If each listener contributes\u00a0about a dollar\u00a0per\u00a0month, the Spark will get brighter!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Do you have a dollar to share?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=KVNWHBFV8MHF6\" target=\"_blank\">Do that HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Listen to the episode with Esther and think of something you&#8217;d like to ask her for our LIVE discussion, TUESDAY, October 6th!<br \/>\nClick HERE to learn more!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FEstherEmery.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-29-if-a-house-and-a-tent-had-a-baby-a-homesteader-tells-all%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/EstherEmery.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=16664-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/EstherEmery.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"EstherEmery.mp3\">Download<\/a> (67.4MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('16664-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_16664-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_16664-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FEstherEmery.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-29-if-a-house-and-a-tent-had-a-baby-a-homesteader-tells-all%2F&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-2&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe to Spark My Muse <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/spark-my-muse\/id988423690?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D16664\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/spark-my-muse\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/spark-my-muse\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/spark-muse-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe to Spark My Muse\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to Spark My Muse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scroll to the end to see Esther&#8217;s photos!<\/p>\n<p>Her WEBSITE:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.estheremery.com\/\">www.estheremery.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her FACE BOOK: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/estheremerywriter\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/estheremerywriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Join Esther and me for a LIVE, interactive discussion at 8pm EST\/GMT-4 on OCTOBER 6th<\/strong> (if\u00a0the interwebs are cooperating, of course)<strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Do you have any questions about a homesteading lifestyle? Ask Esther!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To join the discussion, click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blab.im\/lisa-colon-delay-living-off-the-grid-ask-homesteader-estheremery-anything\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you missed it, you can watch a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/sparkmymuse\" target=\"_blank\">replay here<\/a><\/strong>, as a patron.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SHOWNOTES:<\/p>\n<p>MINUTE<\/p>\n<p>2:00<\/p>\n<p>If a house and a tent had a baby: <strong>A Yurt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How did Esther and her husband Nick decide to homestead three years ago?<\/p>\n<p>3:30<\/p>\n<p>How she can be off the grid and still have internet and digitally connected\u00a0with the world.<\/p>\n<p>The stuff of power (solar power, gas generator for power tools and a water pump, and wood fuel.)<\/p>\n<p>5:00<\/p>\n<p>How a homesteading lifestyle is <strong>not<\/strong> much like camping. (you may rough it but that doesn&#8217;t make you a homesteader)<\/p>\n<p>The feeling of wanting <em>escape<\/em> can make you want to homestead.<\/p>\n<p>6:00<\/p>\n<p>Esther\u2019s mom was a public figure in the back-to-the-land movement in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>7:30<\/p>\n<p>How her family\u00a0brings in income for the things, how they make themselves and manage their idea of necessity to keep everyone together as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>8:30<\/p>\n<p>What does she know now that she wishes she had known when she started?<\/p>\n<p>9:30<\/p>\n<p>On making a road so the UPS truck can deliver packages.<\/p>\n<p>12:30<\/p>\n<p>The emotional experience that you have when you solve your own problems.<\/p>\n<p>14:00<\/p>\n<p>Know your \u201cwhy\u201d before you homestead.<\/p>\n<p>15:00<\/p>\n<p>The fears she didn\u2019t anticipate, almost quitting homesteading after a year, and hungry bears.<\/p>\n<p>17:30<\/p>\n<p>The thing about \u201cpreppers\u201d who are waiting for the apocalypse.<\/p>\n<p>18:30<\/p>\n<p>Limiting their carbon footprint, raising food, and creating new feeding systems.<\/p>\n<p>20:30<\/p>\n<p>Interdependence with the natural world and with others.<\/p>\n<p>21:30<\/p>\n<p>Building a timber frame house.<\/p>\n<p>22:20<\/p>\n<p>Building community with people who live nearby.<\/p>\n<p><b>23:00<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Learning to garden, animal husbandry, can vegetables, the life-cycle of a cooking fire and cook using a wood burning stove, and hunt.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>25:00<\/p>\n<p>The potbelly stove and the rocket stove.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thbloflicode-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B005GQZ4O0&amp;asins=B005GQZ4O0&amp;linkId=QFHXO4QN7Z7JZRHK&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>27:30<\/p>\n<p>Integrative community with compassion-based lifestyle as opposed to a scarcity-based lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>28:00<\/p>\n<p>What she learned about her own character.<\/p>\n<p>Valuing her own independence when she couldn\u2019t get water for cooking, bathing and watering the animals.<\/p>\n<p>30:00<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHope is a function of struggle.\u201d Brene Brown<\/p>\n<p>31:00<\/p>\n<p>How her kids like living the homesteading lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>33:30<\/p>\n<p>Her writing projects:<\/p>\n<p>What Falls From the Sky<\/p>\n<p>Wood Stove Cooking skills ebook.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 Homestead Wife<\/p>\n<p>35:40<\/p>\n<p>The homestead hobbies.<\/p>\n<p>36:00<\/p>\n<p>Her educational and faith background.<\/p>\n<p>37:00<\/p>\n<p>The story of her re-conversion to Christianity in her book than had been obscured in a pace of life.<\/p>\n<p>Desire for justice in the world, the relation to the natural world, and perception of connection and authority of Jesus Christ and triangle that merged into an awakening.<\/p>\n<p>39:20<\/p>\n<p>Images\u00a0of the homestead (included below).<\/p>\n<p>The concept of permanence and not thinking about it as a fling someday, like the back-to-the-land movement of the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Why it failed: Unreasonable expectations that aren\u2019t as self-satisfying as you think they will be.<\/p>\n<p>41:00<\/p>\n<p>The romanticized notion of living a different lifestyle and not thinking about the emotional baggage that comes along with us where ever we go. How do we get the emotional stability we need when the major part of the adventure is over.<\/p>\n<p>43:00 What her husband struggled with during the process of homesteading.<\/p>\n<p>The concept of money and how it is useful to our imagine life without using it.<\/p>\n<p>45:00<\/p>\n<p>The rule about hanging out together.<\/p>\n<p>PHOTO GALLERY:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16664 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/eps-29-if-a-house-and-a-tent-had-a-baby-a-homesteader-tells-all\/dsc_0042\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC_0042-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC_0042-150x100.jpg 150w, 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