Summary: <p>Cowbells and Kettlebells Part 1 - S1E7</p> <p>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:</p> <p>Why purchase rural property?<br> What is your vision for this property?<br> What are you looking for as you start to look at rural property (i.e., features and characteristics)?<br> Will you need to commute to your job? What kind of a commute are you willing to tolerate?<br> What are you seeing in your market? Is rural property available? What does it look like?<br> What advice/tips do you have for others?</p> <p>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.</p> <p>My take-away from this podcast is that I will be doing some research about farm credits and agriculture-based credits, grants and loans. That could be very beneficial for our future plans, and I have a feeling some other folks in the MN-WI Regenerative Agriculture Facebook Group would be interested as well!</p> <p>[caption id="attachment_589" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] I interviewed Jay from the cab of a fire truck (this is a random picture). I have to think that is a first in the podcasting world![/caption]</p> <p>I would also like to note that the first part of this podcast was recorded from the cab of a fire engine. I don't think there is another podcast in the world that can make that claim! We did have to re-record part of this podcast since there was activity in the fire station that interrupted the show.</p> <p>Links</p> <p>The following sites and links were discussed during this podcast:<br> Small Scale Life Season 1, Episode 6 - What is a Sustainable Life?<br> Small Scale Gardening Blog<br> Ben Falk's The Resilient Farm and Homestead book<br> Jack Spirko Member Support Brigade<br> Jack Spirko Episode 1764 - Small Scale Food Forestry<br> Homes for Heroes - Hero Rewards®, rebates, and discounts for firefighters, emergency medical professionals, military and veterans, law enforcement, teachers and healthcare workers when buying, selling, or refinancing a home.<br> A special thanks to Austin from Beatsby_Roi for providing permission for using the song "Steady Wzdm" from The Lemonwater Chronicles, Volume 1, on the podcast. Austin has a new track called Feels Right that is really great; check it out!</p> <p>Also a special thanks to Dillon from The Soapbox Collective Podcast for helping set the music up.<br> <br> Listen</p> <p>Use the following link to listen to the podcast. Since we are now on iTunes, please rate and review the Small Scale Life Podcast. You can leave a review by following these simple steps:</p> <p>Click on this link.<br> Go to ratings and reviews.<br> Click on 5 stars.<br> Subscribe!</p>
