Small Scale Life

Cowbells and Kettlebells Part 1 - S1E7 My friend Jay is back on the Small Scale Life Podcast!  Jay and I recorded a two-part series called "Cowbells and Kettlebells," and in this episode, we discuss Jay's vision of buying and owning rural property.  Specifically, we discuss the following topics: Why purchase rural property? What is your vision for this property? What are you looking for as you start to look at rural property (i.e., features and characteristics)? Will you need to commute to your job?  What kind of a commute are you willing to tolerate? What are you seeing in your market?  Is rural property available?  What does it look like? What advice/tips do you have for others? Throughout this episode, we discuss permaculture concepts (i.e., hugelkulture mounds and small scale food forests). I also sprinkle in some of my (and Julie's) thoughts about our future rural property, and I learned a few new things from Jay during the course of this podcast as well. My take-away from this podcast is that I will be