After years of inaction captured by city lights & accompanying complexities, today is the day. We seek fresh air and new frontiers. We take the dive. We visit our rural land in the scenic Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe. We begin a new journey of building a modern self-sufficient homestead. The house must & shall stand. We plan to document the journey. Who knows what awaits…hang on this is the start. We are determined. Come along. #ruralzimbabwe #homesteading …
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We are yet to drill a borehole at the homestead. You can read here about how our water source currently works. However, we have been involved in borehole drilling efforts at our other piece of land in central Zimbabwe. Images in this post are from our borehole drilling experience there. In as much as we share our experience here with all who care to tap into it, this post will also serve as our go-to guide when we eventually need to drill a borehole at our current Eastern …
No need to remind that water is big. Every homestead needs a great and reliable water supply. We are fortunate. At least for now, we don’t need to drill a borehole. Honde Valley, like many parts of the Eastern Highlands, has numerous perennial rivers. There is enough water here for year-round hydroelectricity generation. The image above is of the local hydropower station at Pungwe B (see Episode #04 on our YouTube channel). For this reason, load shedding has been foreign to the …
As soon as we got the land, the next important step to take was to secure the land by putting up a perimeter fence. Once this was done it was time to start working the land. Working the land meant opening crop fields and starting some construction work at the site. According to rural regulations in Zimbabwe, you are not permitted to live at a homestead without a toilet. This is the rule. However, enforcement of the rule pretty much …