Our family is preparing for a homestead life. One area of focus for us is in the kitchen. We have been making small changes over time to adjust our living habits so that when we do move to a 40+ acre house, it won't be a total shock. 1 - Hand Wash Dishes I personally have never liked using a dishwasher even when I lived in an apartment. It kept leaving that weird white residue all over my see through glasses. Which made them not very see through and more cringe worthy to use. Clean water glasses should not make you cringe when you go to use it. So this switch was quite easy to make and actually welcoming. Now, we do enlist our children to wash dishes. Not that they enjoy it, but hey, it teaches them to help with dinner time and we all have a role to play. You might say that, "Hey, most homes have working dishwashers now. Why not use them?" It's quite possible that older farm houses don't have that upd...