[codingdave]

Some of us are. I spent 8 years on a small 3 acre homestead learning the ropes, and we moved to a 40 acre property last spring. Now that we are settled in, I'm planning out the vision for the next 3-5 years to build up everything we want to do here.

But that also answers your question of why not - who in their right mind wants to spend all their free time and energy for years just to learn skills and build out your vision? Even I, while actively doing it, do it because my wife likes it. If not for that, I would not be doing this either.

At the same time, the more we expand broadband internet to all rural areas, the more there can be a partnership between one person who does the tech work to pay the bills, while the other person does the physical work around the home. Not all couples are going to be interested, but such a setup at least helps ease the financial burden of such hobbies. After all, home-grown veggies from your homestead are both free and at the same time the most expensive produce you'll ever buy.

[Thebothersuman]

Def thing folk jumping in the space of growing/living your own. Def thing its not a free time thing its something your have to do (full time) and spend your "free time" doing something other than it... I set the land of for when I am 150yrs old so I can always do the work while it should be work. broadband internet is a big deal in the NS Canada area where my property is. thing is folks whom own "land grants" or land secured and recorded in land forestry as AR or with particular uses cannot use that land for much other thing nor do most trust the government to allow much of anything put onto their property. so it would be good but is nice having to walk to the neighbors and speak when the animals get out. its been much hard to work and ten to the properties for me, as i had to jump back into the workspace. now i have cut ties with the to become full time again; remote work is helping.