Dominican Lifestyle

 My mother calls me a blatherskite because I go in all directions.  This website will just give you a small taste of this. Whether it is my attempts to make fresh water from sun power or my eventual desire to make my own cheese we will see where it leads. The Tropical Homesteader has a great problem when it comes to how to. Not many books are written for us. A good portion of what I learned from my grandmother does not apply however that woman never had two dimes to rub together but no one in my family ever went hungry. So I am sure that enough is applicable while I learn how to homestead here in the Tropics. I will have things I try fail but I will not fail at my dream to build my Dominican Tropical Homestead. You will get to watch.

I am in the process of building my Dominican dream of a self reliant farmstead in paradise. I have two homesteads going now. The house I rent in the city that I am doing some of my experiments and my ¾ acre plantain patch that I have nothing started except a 40 foot container on the edge of the property I will be using for a house as I go.

 For me, sustainability is to have the means to live at a reasonable level of comfort for extended periods of time with out income nor societies support.

 Here in the Dominican Republic we have a problem with almost every kind of social support you can  imagine. In the area of water it runs about one day a week through the city pipes and is not potable. The electricity is hit and miss. The police while will track down a murderer, anything else just don’t count. Education is worthless as to the fact that private school is about $50 a month and most people try like hell to get their kids in those schools.

 Sustainable here is the ability to have water and power when not available and security. I have a 5000 gallon cistern. A generator, batteries, and inverter. Metal bars on all openings to the house and razor wire around the privacy fence and 2 big adult dogs, one puppy that will be big in a few months and an Alfa male ankle biter that sees and hears everything that lives on my roof and garden.

So grab a good cup of shade grown Dominican Coffee made in an espresso pot with a tad of sugar. As you look out your windows at the snow drift remember I am in the land of full time summer. Watch as I build my Dominican Tropical Homestead.