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 | 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...
by Victoria Gazeley | Nov 17, 2011 | Animals, Chickens, From City to Country, Home Business from the Homestead, Lessons, Livestock, Mice, Mindset, Pests, Rural Home Office, Rural Technology
Time for me to come clean. I love the rural life, really I do, but there are some days when the comfort of a city condo would be a welcome distraction. And honestly? A relief. Like the days when it’s sub-zero and I forgot to pick up winter work gloves to do...
by Victoria Gazeley | May 30, 2011 | Buildings, Insects, Repair
It’s coming on summer – time for the mosquitoes and flies to begin their annual invasion. And time to dig out the screen doors to check for holes and tears that would allow those voracious little bugs into the house to feast on your flesh! If you live in...
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...
