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 18, 2011 | Decor, From City to Country, Storage
I love looking through home decor magazines, with all those houses that sprawl over thousands of square feet, or have been recently renovated to the tune of $200K. Closets and nifty storage units spill out from the pages, beautiful rolling drawers are tucked into...
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 | Mar 31, 2011 | Chickens, From City to Country, Livestock
Chickens – they’re one of the main reasons I wanted to move to a rural property – so I could raise chickens and for my son to be able to collect fresh eggs. Seems odd that so many of us relate to this seemingly simple act, but ask most people about...
by Victoria Gazeley | Mar 19, 2011 | Construction, From City to Country
Restoring a heritage log cabin isn’t something I set out to do. It was never a grand life goal, or something I thought I might like to do ‘someday’. It just happened, and now, 12 years later, I’m so glad it did. I bought our little house in...
by Victoria Gazeley | Mar 1, 2011 | Cleaning, From City to Country, Maintenance
I’ll admit it – I’m a neat freak. And having a dislike of house dirt while living in the country is, let’s say, a bit challenging. Dirt sitting in places it shouldn’t be drives me crazy (dirt outside where it grows lovely things does not,...
