However, you WILL find many, many resources for farmers and ranchers, and often those can cross-over into the homesteading realm. Although interest in sustainable agriculture is slowly growing in Wyoming, you won’t find a whole lot of existing homesteading-specific resources quite yet. Granted, the property wasn’t exactly turn-key, but still was reasonably priced for us. We were able to afford our property (67 acres, small house, a barn, shop, and coop) as newlyweds for the price of an average mid-sized home in the neighboring town. While there are areas of the state that will most definitely break the bank if you are looking to buy a chunk of land there, (think Cody and Jackson), there are many other areas with ample land for decent prices. And there are definitely some pretty parts up there and some neat history, depending on where you’re at.
Off grid inn fall creek full#
The northeast portion of the state is full of oil and gas activity and has really been booming lately. But we do have wind and rattlesnakes to make up for it. If you’re fond of trees, this probably isn’t the place for you. The southeast portion of the state (that’s me!) is flat-ish prairie grassland. Personally, this isn’t my favorite portion of the state, but I’m sure there are merits to living there. It’s brown, flat, rocky, and desert-like. The southwest part of Wyoming looks nothing like the northwest portion. I worked on a ranch in Cody, WY for a summer and adored it. Unfortunately, it’s also kinda expensive to buy land there.
The northwest portion of the state houses Yellowstone National Park, breathtaking mountain views, and loads of wildlife. **Thankfully Wyoming is easy to draw, considering it’s a giant square. Wyoming is incredibly diverse, so you can’t judge the whole state from just one portion. Here’s how I think of it: I’ve driven through there and it’s horrendously ugly.” When I’m traveling, I always get a kick out of people’s responses when they ask where I’m from.ī) Say, “Oh! I’ve been to Jackson, and it’s so pretty there!”Ĭ) Say, “Oh. It’s easy to see my photos sometimes and get a mental image that might not be completely accurate. I don’t want to discourage folks from coming here, but I also want to be honest about what it’s really like. I’m pretty sure I’ll be here forever, as illogical as that may be. That might seem insane to some, considering how windy and flat it is… And goodness-gracious, the winters can be brutal… But for some reason, I just can’t get Wyoming out of my blood. Not long after moving to Wyoming, I fell head-over-heels in love with this state. This is us… Pre-kids, pre-homesteading, and pre-blog…īut that tumble-down property sparked my fire for self-sufficiency and food production, which in turn is what prompted me to start this blog, and the rest is history. People thought we were certifiably insane. Long story short, I then met my husband (a Wyoming native) and we brilliantly decided our first home would be a tumble-down property located approximately in the middle of no where. I came here to ride horses (equines have always been my first love), and knew that Wyoming would likely get me further along in the horse industry than where I had lived in the Pacific Northwest. Heck, I was still eating ramen noodles and frozen taquitos, and never even thought about owning a milk cow.
I didn’t have a clue what homesteading even was back then. You see, I moved to southeast Wyoming from Northern Idaho when I was 18 years old. I ended up homesteading in Wyoming in a round-about way, but I’m pretty happy it ended up this way. So how did I end up here? Well, good question. (Sorry Wyoming Department of Tourism… Just keeping’ it real…) If you’re looking for lush landscape, long growing seasons, and lots of like-minded homestead folks… There’s more to Wyoming than meets the eye, and although I’m absolutely in love with the place, there’s some things prospective homesteaders need to know first. I get a number of emails from folks curious about moving to Wyoming to homestead.Īnd I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, considering I often post photos like this:īut when I get emails from people who, thanks to my blog, are ready to move to Wyoming as soon as I give them the green light, I sometimes want to yell, “Wait a second!” before they go and load up their chickens.
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