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 | Oct 29, 2012 | Fear, From City to Country, Homesteading Stories, Mindset, Rural Living Skills, Wildlife
The fear started before we even moved in. Staying in our old cabin alone had been on my bucket list for years. Along with sleeping in a tent alone (which, I have to admit, I still haven’t done). The cabin we now live in had been in our family for about a decade before...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jan 26, 2012 | Animals, From City to Country, Homestead Planning, Lessons, Mindset, Rural Real Estate, Wildlife
Ah, life in the country. It’s the stuff of countless novels and songs, waxing poetic about the graces that come from living out amongst the birds and the trees. Yours truly has even been guilty of making it sound all fluffy and romantic on occasion (amongst...
by Victoria Gazeley | Dec 29, 2011 | From City to Country, Homestead Planning, Mindset
2012. Has there ever been a year with more baggage? Maybe (Year 2000, anyone?), but with all the hype and predictions going on about what this highly touted year will bring, I figured it was time I got busy and finished my annual homestead planning. You know,...
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 | Jul 28, 2011 | Fear, From City to Country, Homestead Planning, Lessons, Mindset
If there’s one thing I hear over and over from readers who have a dream of rural living, is that it’s their spouse, family or friends who are keeping them from their modern homesteading dream. Let’s face it – while the number of people desiring...
