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How can a modern homesteader expect to achieve personal privacy in the digital age? This week, Liz and I discuss the homestead we settled on and the steps we have taken to live a private, self-sufficient life. Listen to the Podcast Subscribe to Self-Sufficient Life on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play or TuneIn Welcome to Episode 17! This week Liz and I tell describe the homestead property we settled on, and share what concessions we had to make since there is no "perfect" property. Here's what we discuss about the property: How much acreage we settled on Woods vs pasture/open land House size/configuration Well vs gravity water Streams/water features Southern exposure Fruit trees Garden space and outbuildings To heat or not to heat with wood Proximity to populated areas Homeschooling/homesteading culture We also discuss our overall objectives for homesteading. Those include: Living as freely as possible maximize free time having a property that requires low maintenance time to develop sk