Our Ohio Homestead

Hi! I’m Karli.  I started my first garden in 2015. Ever since then, I dreamed of having space to plant, not just an annual summer vegetable garden, but a homestead full of perennial plants and animals to allow for access to fresh, healthy food all year long for myself and my family.

After working in healthcare since 2014 as a physical therapist and through my own personal experiences, I have realized how important having good nutrition and living an active lifestyle is to good health. I have seen the consequences of modern convenience foods and how they can lead to a whole assortment of health problems for myself and those I work with. I have also learned the joys of cooking from scratch and how rewarding it is to cook a meal from the food you have grown in your own garden. 

My husband, daughter, and I currently live in the city on a half-acre property where we have been gardening since 2020. Over the years, we have built 15 raised bed gardens, added a small chicken coop, and an 8 x 12-foot greenhouse to our backyard. 

In 2025, my husband Cameron and I purchased 23 acres of land in Ohio with the plan to move there in 2028.  The property was mostly wooded when we purchased it, with a small cabin on it. That summer, we worked hard to clear 5 acres of land for our future homestead. This is land we now use for hunting and will also be the site of our future orchard.