by Victoria Gazeley | Jul 15, 2011 | About Us, Decor, From City to Country, Home Business from the Homestead, Homesteading Stories, Rural Real Estate, Storage
Just a quick note – our little antique hand-hewn log cabin has been featured on the main Mother Earth News site – in two places!! Here are the links: Mom and Son in a 650 Square Foot Cabin – It Exudes Cozy and a Whole Lotta Love 5 Solutions to...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jun 26, 2011 | Homesteading Stories, Lessons
Now you know my shame. I haven’t planted my garden yet. How can someone who claims to be a ‘modern homesteader’ not have planted her garden by the end of June, you ask? Let me tell you… It started with the weather. Cold, rainy, muddy –...
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 | Apr 9, 2011 | From City to Country, Homesteading Stories
[Originally posted April 11, 2011 – Revised and updated May 11, 2014] I’m not a pioneer woman. I’m not even really a homesteader. Not in the historical sense of the word, anyway. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the pioneering women in my...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jan 14, 2011 | Home Business from the Homestead, Homestead Planning, Homesteading Stories, Lessons, Rural Home Office
Living in the country comes with rich lessons. Every day some situation comes up that tests your endurance, your skills, or your sanity. In almost two years on our rural 6 acres, we’ve had occasion to learn a lot of things. Some are funny (‘gifts’...
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...
