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 | 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 | 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...
