You Can Do It, Too
A long while ago, before Heart's Pasture Farm was even a thought, we were growing carrots and tomatoes on a second story apartment deck in the big city of Indianapolis. Even though our yields were small and our season was short, there was nothing like physically seeing a baby carrot grown from seed, or eating a tomato fresh from the vine. Due to limiting factors of space, and a general lack of experience, the idea of growing food was exciting, yet at the same time seemed impossible. But it worked every time. And it can for you, too.
There is something inside every person that yearns for real food and experiences. Whether that is growing fruit or vegetables, or working with animals, our common purpose is nurtured and the cycle of life feels more complete and less mechanized. The easy life has taught all of us to be dependent on the system in order to find happiness. As someone seeking to homestead, that notion will be challenged on a daily basis. In what other way can a person create something more meaningful than by homesteading, igniting that dormant flame of health and independence?
There is something inside every person that yearns for real food and experiences. Whether that is growing fruit or vegetables, or working with animals, our common purpose is nurtured and the cycle of life feels more complete and less mechanized. The easy life has taught all of us to be dependent on the system in order to find happiness. As someone seeking to homestead, that notion will be challenged on a daily basis. In what other way can a person create something more meaningful than by homesteading, igniting that dormant flame of health and independence?
How We Can Help
Any time the jump to homesteading is made without the help of previous generations, it is difficult to intuitively succeed. Combine failure to the fact that, with today's technologies, we can literally be anywhere in a short amount of time. Most of our days are filled with other obligations. This fragments our connection to home, trivializing our truest sense of place. More and more people are waking up to realize that they want to homestead at the place that feels the most aligned with their purpose, finding their true home and the connection to place in the process. However, due to the fragmented, fast-paced world, it is often difficult to do it. The lost generation of skilled and knowledgeable homesteaders that could teach and explain is often time no longer there. Failure is a natural biproduct of this type of work, but it doesn't have to be difficult to have success. Our homestead consulting service helps you narrow the gap between success and failure, equipping you with the tools necessary so that you can quickly succeed.
Homestead Consulting Options
Plan |
Design |
Inspire |
Experience |
Build |
$100 |
$250 |
$250 |
$500 |
Quote Necessary |
This option includes an initial intake phone call, followed by another phone call which focuses on homestead planning. |
This option includes an initial intake phone call, followed by a visit to your homestead which focuses on homestead planning. |
This option includes an initial intake phone call, followed by farm shadowing at our farm. An on-farm lunch is provided. |
This option includes an initial intake phone call, followed by a planning phone call, and an agreed upon experience of choice. |
This option includes an initial intake phone call. It is focused on working together on a small build project for your homestead. |
60 minutes |
3 hours |
3 hours |
Experience Completion |
Varies |
Homestead Consulting Specifics
Each option includes a free intake phone call that lasts 15-20 minutes. This is an important call because it allows us a chance to get to know our client and discuss specifics about what it is that he or she needs help with.
Plan
This 60 minute customized conversation is full of knowledge and real farm-life experience. It is meant to be supportive as you make your dream a reality. If you don't know where to start, or if you have questions about a specific part of homesteading, this option provides you with an opportunity to make a clear plan as you move toward health and independence.
Examples:
People who choose this option feel a need to reach out to someone who has experience so that they can formulate a plan for success. They trust and feel confident getting information from someone else who has has learned from success and failure so that they can efficiently begin to manifest their own journey into homesteading.
Examples:
- Starting with chickens
- Raising goats naturally
- Caring for pigs
- Growing your own food
- Ways to use goat milk
- Infrastructure
- Homestead basics
People who choose this option feel a need to reach out to someone who has experience so that they can formulate a plan for success. They trust and feel confident getting information from someone else who has has learned from success and failure so that they can efficiently begin to manifest their own journey into homesteading.
Design
Sometimes seeing the bigger picture is difficult. For those times, you have us to help you. Creating an optimal design that meets the needs of your present and future goals is important. Growing food or tending to animals on your homestead needs to be practical so that it can effectively support your work, yet beautiful so that it assimilates naturally in your life. For this option, we travel to your homestead and walk your property with you, giving you an evaluation so that you can better create the homestead of your dreams.
People who choose this option have an idea of how they want their homestead to support their family, but they may have a hard time imagining the best way for it to all come together. They feel a lot more confident after going through the design process because they are able to visualize how, from an aesthetic and practical standpoint, a well-constructed homestead design can provide a seamless flow and become an important part of daily life.
People who choose this option have an idea of how they want their homestead to support their family, but they may have a hard time imagining the best way for it to all come together. They feel a lot more confident after going through the design process because they are able to visualize how, from an aesthetic and practical standpoint, a well-constructed homestead design can provide a seamless flow and become an important part of daily life.
Inspire
If you need some inspiration, perhaps spending some scheduled time with us on the farm will help. Be ready to get your hands dirty and experience what it feels like to be on a farm. For this option, we work together planning a visit to our farm where you shadow us and we work on common tasks. The individualized format will be structured around your personal strengths and weaknesses, goals, and interests. It is meant to be as fulfilling as it is authentic. We end our time with a nourishing, homemade farm lunch so that you depart your journey feeling well-fed, invigorated, knowledgeable, and ready to take the next step toward health and homesteading independence!
People who choose this option feel the calling to homestead but are hesitant to take the leap. They want to experience what it feels like to put a few hours of work in on a farm. By the time they leave, they feel fulfilled from meaningful physical work and first hand experience, and they are motivated to take back their own independence and create the homestead of their dreams.
People who choose this option feel the calling to homestead but are hesitant to take the leap. They want to experience what it feels like to put a few hours of work in on a farm. By the time they leave, they feel fulfilled from meaningful physical work and first hand experience, and they are motivated to take back their own independence and create the homestead of their dreams.
Experience
When books and online tutorials are not enough, sometimes personalized guidance and first-hand experience is needed. For this option, we work together planning the completion of an experience of your choice. This is usually a specific task that involves skill and is less overwhelming and more meaningful if learned in person. After planning out the experience timeline and what materials are needed, we get together to teach the skill, and offer care and guidance to you while you try it out first hand.
Examples:
People who choose this option have a specific skill in mind that they want to learn and believe that it is best to be taught it in person. Upon it's completion, they feel confident to continue strengthening this skill independently, without our guidance.
Examples:
- Goat disbudding
- Poultry dressing
- Fruit and vegetable planting, cultivation, or harvesting
- Hog castration
- Soil preparation
- Milking a goat
People who choose this option have a specific skill in mind that they want to learn and believe that it is best to be taught it in person. Upon it's completion, they feel confident to continue strengthening this skill independently, without our guidance.
Build
If building a small structure is in your homestead plans, we may be able to help. This option is customized to your needs. We have experience building small (moveable) structures that are a perfect fit for different animals. We typically work with wood and high quality materials. Our structures become a natural part of the land, not something that looks out of place. Options include easy to assemble kits and ones that are built on site.
An Ideal Option:
People who choose this option may not have extensive carpentry experience. They want to to build something that looks and feels true to their ethos. Upon completion of the build, it fits seamlessly into the environment for which it is meant. They feel good knowing that they helped the build process in the best way that suits their skill level.
An Ideal Option:
- The Missouri Sunlit Hog Shelter (1970s) is durable and has a removable roof segment, making it an open-air concept. It is easily customizable and can be constructed of a variety of different types of wood. It sits on finger-jointed cedar, preventing rot. High quality materials are used such as cedar shingles for the roof and 304 stainless steel nails and screws for framing and finishing work. This structure can be modified as a dog house or a small goat shelter.
People who choose this option may not have extensive carpentry experience. They want to to build something that looks and feels true to their ethos. Upon completion of the build, it fits seamlessly into the environment for which it is meant. They feel good knowing that they helped the build process in the best way that suits their skill level.
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