by Victoria Gazeley | Mar 31, 2011 | Chickens, From City to Country, Livestock
Chickens – they’re one of the main reasons I wanted to move to a rural property – so I could raise chickens and for my son to be able to collect fresh eggs. Seems odd that so many of us relate to this seemingly simple act, but ask most people about...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jan 15, 2011 | Lessons, Wildlife
Bears, cougars and other large mammals are a fact of life on most rural properties in North America. In fact, just after Christmas, we found evidence of a cougar (mountain lion) attack on a deer not 200 feet from our back porch. And we’ve got a big, fat male...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jan 11, 2011 | From City to Country, Home Business from the Homestead, Homestead Planning, Homesteading Stories, Lessons, Mentoring, Mice, Mindset, Rural Home Office, Rural Living Skills
This rural living gig is still fairly new to us. We’ve been living in our little cabin in the woods for almost two years. After growing up in the country, 22 years living in the city and then 6 months in temporary digs while we renovated our 80+ year-old...
by Victoria Gazeley | Nov 2, 2010 | From City to Country, Mice, Pests, Wildlife
Seems mice have been the topic of conversation of late. Last week it was all about how they added to the Hallowe’en ambiance. This week? How they’ll eat you out of house and home, or at the very least leave their little offerings of poop so that you...
by Victoria Gazeley | Oct 30, 2010 | Festivals, From City to Country, Homesteading Stories, Mice, Pests, Wildlife
There’s a funny thing about living in the country. You really don’t need Hallowe’en decorations. Between the cobwebs that reappear five minutes after you’ve vacuumed (sadly, I’m not kidding), the ravens and vultures that live somewhere...
