by Victoria Gazeley | May 10, 2011 | Animals, From City to Country, Homesteading Stories, Wildlife
I’ve always been a light sleeper. It’s one of the reasons living in the city drove me nuts. Sirens and loud neighbours and traffic at all hours. I never really needed an alarm clock, as I could never sleep past 5 anyway. So when we decided to try country...
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 | 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...
