by Victoria Gazeley | Jul 3, 2012 | Animals, Chickens, Livestock
That first little ‘peep peep’ from under the wing of your favorite hen, a chick the hen hatched, is something you’ll never forget. That sweet little face is the culmination of the hours and days and weeks that you’ve put into raising your...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jun 17, 2012 | About Us, From City to Country, Lessons, Mentoring, Rural Living Skills
I’m looking out my office window at the foundation of the new addition we’re building onto our little cabin. Or really, that my Dad is building as I keep working so I can pay for it. And it’s got me to thinking about where we’d be without his...
by Victoria Gazeley | Apr 2, 2012 | Clothing & Footwear, From City to Country, Homesteading Stories, Lessons, Uncategorized
Whether you’ve been on this rural living/modern homesteading journey for decades, or you’re just starting out, the question always comes up – how do you know when you’ve ‘arrived’? This whole question was born out of something that...
by Victoria Gazeley | Mar 12, 2012 | Clothing & Footwear, Lessons
Before we moved to our rural property, the only shoes I’d ever owned that even resembled ‘Wellies’ were of the knee-high, steel-toed LaCrosse industrial variety, purchased for a hydro-seeding job one spring in the mid-90s. No need for this sort of thing in the city...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jan 30, 2012 | Animals, Emergency Preparedness, From City to Country, Home Business from the Homestead, Lessons, Livestock, Pests, Rural Living Skills, Wildlife
If you can count on me for anything, it’s to give you the straight goods on country living. No fluff. You’re not going to find me waxing poetic about how la-de-da wonderful everything is every moment of every day – especially when it comes to the...
