ABOUT US

Deedra and John met and married in Colorado and moved to the foothills of Northern Colorado in 2009. John had just been medically discharged from the Army after 8 years in the Infantry with one deployment to Iraq in 2004 and Deedra was working towards her licensure as a Child and Family Therapist. After moving to Drake, Colorado, John started a career in Law Enforcement and Deedra worked as a Child and Family Therapist. They talked and dreamed of living the homesteading lifestyle often through the years but weren't able to make the leap. However, when COVID hit they started to gather animals on their eight acre parcel. They continued to have the feeling that they were in the wrong place. Colorado is a beautiful State, but it offered many challenges to living the lifestyle they wanted to live, ie lack of water, soaring home and land prices and a population that was booming along the entire front range.  These along with the continued and growing challenges of working in Law Enforcement prompted them to take the leap in May of 2021. John and Deedra decided to have John leave his law enforcement career after 12 years and sell their house. They left Colorado for the rolling hills of the Ozark Mountains to start living their dreams. Deedra was able to continue her business as a Therapist as since the outset of COVID 19 her business had transitioned entirely to being online. In October of 2021 they strapped their four kids, four goats, three pigs, two donkeys, two beehives, two dogs, two cats and numerous chickens and ducks down and headed east on I-70. Arriving at their new 40 acre homestead in southern Missouri has brought many challenges not the least of which was fitting 6 people into a 600 square foot cabin! They all are working together to fence in paddocks, build more space for the family and most of all enjoy the time together making memories. The good news is there is plenty of water and grass for the goats and pigs. So, there will be no more hauling water to pour on the ground so the pigs can make a wallow. They both know there will be challenges but as long as the good Lords willin' and the river don't rise (which it does here often) they will be just fine.  Come and join them as they continue to work towards self-sufficiency in southern Missouri.