by Victoria Gazeley | Sep 10, 2012 | Home Business from the Homestead, Homestead Planning, Online Business Tools, Rural Home Office
“Did you start your business before you moved to the country?” “How did you figure out what business to start?” “We really want to start over on a rural property – do you have any advice?” Every week, I’m getting more...
by Victoria Gazeley | Sep 4, 2012 | Chickens, Cleaning, Emergency Preparedness, Livestock, Mice, Pests
“Mama, where’s the peppermint oil?” My 9-year old son had eaten something that didn’t agree with him and was looking for relief. As is usual around here with all sorts of health maladies, we didn’t reach for pharmaceuticals or the...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jul 30, 2012 | Rural Living Skills
I love all things ‘design’. It’s how I make my living . But sometimes, living in the country in the way we call ‘modern homesteading’ requires a more practical bent. When it comes to heating a rural home, you can’t really take any...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jul 19, 2012 | Animals, Emergency Preparedness, Livestock
We recently had our first chicken illness. Or so we thought. Turned out it wasn’t a disease after all, but the whole process was an eye-opener for us – and more than a little stressful. And it got me to thinking – how many people add livestock (or...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jul 9, 2012 | From City to Country
Are you lacking construction skills but want a large contained compost bin so you can build your own super-nutritious soil rather than buying it? Me too. One answer is to have someone build a bin or bins for you, or you could spend upwards of $400 or more to buy a...
