Homesteaders of the Southeast Meetup | Introduction and Session 1 | Croft State Park

Homesteaders of the Southeast Meetup | Introduction and Session 1 | Croft State Park
This past weekend we went to Croft State Park in Spartanburg, SC for the very first Homesteaders of the Southeast meetup.
Part 2 is the introduction and talks a little about why this is taking place, who is at this event speaking, and so on. When people were arriving, we had a meet and mingle going on. Just getting to know each other and chatting.
Then we had this introduction. After that, we had our first breakout session. I went to the session on Animals on the Homestead that was given by Dave and Ashley Bentley of Blessed Bentley Homestead.
Megan Hight from Living the Hight Life Off Grid was also giving a talk on living off-grid on the other end of the shelter. You can check out her video on that speech. I am sure it is very informative as well.
Why Were Homesteaders of the Southeast Started
Homesteaders of the southeast started to connect with other like-minded people. The central theme is community. The creators of the group wanted to create a community of people who members can call on when there is a need, or a question arises.
Even if you are a seasoned gardener, or have raised animals all your life, there will be a time when you go through something you have never gone through with your farm.
The idea is that maybe someone in the community has already gone through that before and can offer help or advice. Maybe you have a lot of cucumbers but not much squash this year. What do you do? You can reach out to the community and see if anyone is willing to trade. That is what community is all about and that is what this group is for.
Who Started Homesteaders of the Southeast
This event was spearheaded by Matt Dean at Dean Family Acres. He did a great job of organizing this event. If you are not, go follow his YouTube account and the Homesteaders of the Southeast Instagram page.
Why only Homesteaders of the Southeast?
The reason is called homesteaders of the southeast is simply because we are trying to connect people in this region. The main reason behind this is if we have an issue if we were to reach out to someone in lives in California, well the weather is vastly different from the South. Rainfall is different, and the insects we deal with can be different.
If there is a problem, we need to be able to chat with someone that has the same or very similar issues as we do.

Content Creators in this video:
Dean Family Acres: https://www.youtube.com/c/DeanFamilyAcres/featured
Dixie Meadow Farm: Will Shillinglaw- Facebook
Blessed Bentley Homestead: On Instagram only
The Farm with the Red Door: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE8IQnCwoK1KVYvq6NA0hfA
Big Bear Homestead: https://www.youtube.com/c/bigbearhomestead
Mrozinski Family Homestead: https://youtu.be/5JoI_AlJ_EQ
Living the Hight Life: https://www.youtube.com/c/LivingtheHightLife/featured

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