by Victoria Gazeley | Jan 26, 2012 | Animals, From City to Country, Homestead Planning, Lessons, Mindset, Rural Real Estate, Wildlife
Ah, life in the country. It’s the stuff of countless novels and songs, waxing poetic about the graces that come from living out amongst the birds and the trees. Yours truly has even been guilty of making it sound all fluffy and romantic on occasion (amongst...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jan 23, 2012 | Animals, Chickens
Adding a cockerel (rooster) to your existing flock of hens is one of those things where you’ll find almost as many different opinions as there are chicken breeds! It’s a passionate subject, and one that I had the opportunity to delve into recently. In the...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jan 13, 2012 | Emergency Preparedness, Homestead Planning
I spent the last week looking over my goals and accomplishments from 2011. What worked, what didn’t, what I’d never, ever try again (like putting too many things on my to-do list!)… My iMac screen is covered with mindmaps, to-do lists, videos and...
by Victoria Gazeley | Dec 29, 2011 | From City to Country, Homestead Planning, Mindset
2012. Has there ever been a year with more baggage? Maybe (Year 2000, anyone?), but with all the hype and predictions going on about what this highly touted year will bring, I figured it was time I got busy and finished my annual homestead planning. You know,...
by Victoria Gazeley | Dec 15, 2011 | Homestead Planning, Permaculture, Rural Living Skills
An architect, a midwife and a geophysicist walk into a room… No, it’s not the beginning of a witty joke. It’s what I experienced yesterday as I began my year-long journey into the world of Permaculture design. If you’ve never heard of...
