PAPA'S PLANS FOR THE STEEMIT HOMESTEADING COMMUNITY

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A lot of interesting people are already on steemit. A lot more are joining. Within our steemit ecosystem, we all have roles to play and ideas that we can help make a reality. There are things that we can do to help the entire platform, and things we can be doing to encourage and build up individuals, or certain communities.

Lately, I'm been doing some thinking on how to help out #homesteading community here on steemit. What I am about to share are my specific ideas to help that particular community, but any of your are free to use this as a source of inspiration to do what you can within the steemit ecosystem.

By each of us doing what we can to help others within the steemit community, we can all create a better platform and make this an even more incredible, inviting, and amazing community for us all to be a part of.

3 NEW VIDEO SERIES

At the moment, I am still uploading videos to YouTube. Some videos that I have uploaded there receive a good amount of attention, and one even got more than 7,000 views already, which is this one below on how to accurately identify a Copperhead.

Unfortunately I did not upload it to my own YouTube channel, but at least I put "steemit.com/@papa-pepper" in the title. Anyway, since I upload to YouTube and since I mention steemit when I do, I think it'll be a good idea to create a few new video series that focus on different aspects of homesteading. Since a lot of people seem to enjoy homesteading videos on YouTube, it'll point more interested people in our direction here, hopefully beneficially adding to the homesteading community here.

For us, homesteading is not even the goal or destination, but it is the path that we are on, so one of the video series will focus on why we are homesteading. Another series will focus on homestead animals, featuring some that we have already and some that we plan to get eventually. The third series will focus on homestead plants. In each episode I will feature a specific plant that we are planning on using on our homestead and why. Hopefully it'll be a great way to share, encourage, educate, and perhaps draw some people in.

HOMESTEADERS MEETUPS AND WORK DAYS

If you check out the #homesteading tag, you will notice that there is a high concentration in the Ozark Mountains and surrounding areas of Arkansas and Missouri. Of course there are some in Texas - like @daddykirbs - and some in Alabama - like @leaving-egypt - but a lot are in my general area of the Ozarks.

That being the case, I think that a #homesteading meetup is in order. However, a lot of us are busy and hard at work. Therefore, I thought that perhaps we could scheduling bi-monthly "work day meetups." The basic idea is that a member of our #homesteading community would offer to host the meetup and have a planned job to do on their homestead. Anyone else interested could come to the meetup and lend a hand. Maybe we will clear some land, weed or plant some gardens, or even build my house. Who knows.

Since some members of the #homesteading community here follow the Friday night to Saturday Night Sabbath rest and others meet on Sundays for church gatherings, scheduling these events may take a bit of effort. Also, while some homesteaders may have the leisure of working from home, others have offsite job demands and work on their homesteads in the mean time. However it works, I look forward to helping build the "real-life" steemit #homesteading community.

Here are just a few that I know of in the general Arkansas/Missouri Area.

@bobbleheadstead - @mericanhomestead - @allforthegood - @bluerthangreen - @clickinchicken - @goatgarden - @ozarkoffgridfam - @awesomehomestead - @steemsilo - @hethur240 - @livingtraditions

If you didn't make this list, please comment below. Also, if you might be interested in having some of us over to help do some work on your homestead, comment below and feel free to mention what work we could possibly get done and what state you are in.

BECOME A SUPPLIER OF HOMESTEAD PLANTS AND ANIMALS

While interacting with other homesteaders on steemit, I plan on helping them out by sharing a variety of plants, seeds, and animals with them. I've already blessed quite a few steemians with plants and seeds, and am looking forward to sharing some animals too. Recently @bobbleheadstead mentioned the possibility of raising hogs in the future. Since I've got a lot of piglets, that seems like a good opportunity. After all, all of my pigs were made possible because of steemit!

Since animal reproduction and plant propagation along with a lot of gardening are going to be a primary focus for me moving forward, and since a lot of homesteaders enjoy trying new plants or plants or animals, it should be a beneficial opportunity.

ENCOURAGING THE MEMBERS AND SHARING OUR LIFE

One of the claims that I make about @papa-pepper is that I am an encourager. I like to share, support and encourage others and help them when they need it. With this wonderful, growing community here on steemit, it is no different. Of course, each of us has limited time, but when we can, we like to help out and support others.

As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:

proof-of-i-have-plants-and-ideas-to-help-build-the-homesteading-community

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Until next time…

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