Oh, I would love too. And I would have the means to do so though as well. True home steading and making your living off of a homestead would be tough.
I have a farm I have nearly taken off of the grid myself. With 16 solar panels that produce twice what I use daily, and I sell the excess back to the power company.
No harder than living in society these days. And it would be calmer, safer and a lot more private, especially if you didn't use a computer or cell phone.
No. The furthest I'd go would be having a few chickens to have eggs. Other than that, I'd love to have a garden with fruit trees and grow some vegetables as well. Not that I would know how to take care of it all now. I would have to learn a lot.
No doubt it's hard work. When I was very young all of my family had farms or grew gardens and raised thier own livestock. I didn't get to know it much. Maybe it was of how young I was, but it seemed a happier time.
@Justmeraeagain If you mean trying to carve out an artificial reconstruction of what we think 1878 was like in America we wont ever have time to work on anything else. That said if you want a more natural way of life there are modern ecological ways of doing it. Dont even have to buy a farm. You can join one or a non-farm, but they are living better than anyone...
