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 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 | 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,...
by Victoria Gazeley | Mar 19, 2013 | Homesteading Stories, Lessons, Rural Living Skills, Vegetable Gardening
First, there was the year the slugs ate everything. And I mean everything. Then there was the one where it was rainy and cold right through til the end of July (not terribly inspiring for anything but greens). And who could forget 2012, when I didn’t even...
by Victoria Gazeley | Feb 4, 2013 | Food Storage, Homestead Planning, Lessons, Vegetable Gardening
Cold, damp, dark. It’s a typical February on the rainy west coast. Not complaining – at least we’re not buried in snow, and the temperatures are relatively balmy compared to a big chunk of the continent. It may not be a good time for soaking in...
by Victoria Gazeley | Dec 24, 2012 | Animals, Chickens, Children on the Homestead, Lessons, Livestock, Wildlife
The world didn’t end on December 21, 2012. At least for most of us. One of our little roosters wasn’t so lucky. He was a beautiful boy – half Buff Orpington and half ISA Brown (which I guess means half Buff and ¼ Rhode Island Red/¼ Rhode Island White). Lovely red...
