by Victoria Gazeley | Mar 23, 2020 | From City to Country, Lessons
Eleven years. I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around it. Yet here we are. It was a snowy March afternoon in 2009 when we moved into our little renovated-with-much-love cabin in the woods and began our rural living journey. I had BIG plans. HUGE. Too...
by | Mar 22, 2020 | Children on the Homestead, Home Learning, Uncategorized
It’s 6:30 AM on a Monday. Your alarm blares. All you want to do is sleep in. As much as you want to fight the noise, it barrels into your subconscious, kicking you awake. You know you have to get up and get the kids ready for a new week of school. You snatch...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jul 17, 2016 | From City to Country, Homesteading Stories, Lessons
So we’re finally back to writing and sharing our rural living journey. It’s been a LOOOOOOONG time – the last time I posted anything new was over two years ago (July 1, 2014, to be exact). Yikes. We’ve been active on Facebook, but as for the...
by Victoria Gazeley | Dec 30, 2013 | From City to Country, Homestead Planning
To say it’s been a pretty incredible year is an understatement. On December 30, 2013, we surpassed the previously unthinkable goal of 10K ‘likes’ on our Facebook page, and saw more visits to our website than ever before. Back in late 2010 when we...
by Victoria Gazeley | May 26, 2013 | From City to Country, Homestead Planning, Rural Real Estate
I love what I do – working from home, growing some of our own food, and connecting with folks around the world who are either just planning or just embarking on their journey towards rural living and/or increased self-reliance. These are ‘out of the box’ people who...
by Victoria Gazeley | Apr 2, 2013 | From City to Country, Homesteading Stories, Lessons, Mindset
The minute you decide to move to the country, you know your life is going to change. With big dreams of organic gardens and fresh, GMO-free eggs, your children exploring ponds and fields while you relax on the porch with a cup of tea after a long day of gardening,...