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...
by Victoria Gazeley | Dec 16, 2010 | Decor, From City to Country
Decorating a heritage log cabin in a modern, chic kind of way is challenging, to say the least. That fact became clear when my big, gorgeous distressed brown leather couch refused to fit through the narrower-than-standard door. Then the matching chair didn’t fit...
by Victoria Gazeley | Nov 11, 2010 | Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, From City to Country, Rural Living Skills
How many times have you said this to yourself: “I ‘ve got to get that emergency kit together – but I’ve got time… I’ll do it later”. NF558VFMMUBR Truth is, that’s what most of us do, put off building an emergency kit...
by Victoria Gazeley | Nov 4, 2010 | From City to Country, Home Business from the Homestead, Online Business Tools, Rural Technology
If you long for the rural life, but just can’t figure out how you’re going to work successfully from your homestead, I know how you feel – it’s terrifying! Just the thought of it probably brings up a whole wheelbarrow load of resistance. I...
by Victoria Gazeley | Nov 2, 2010 | From City to Country, Mice, Pests, Wildlife
Seems mice have been the topic of conversation of late. Last week it was all about how they added to the Hallowe’en ambiance. This week? How they’ll eat you out of house and home, or at the very least leave their little offerings of poop so that you...
by Victoria Gazeley | Oct 30, 2010 | Festivals, From City to Country, Homesteading Stories, Mice, Pests, Wildlife
There’s a funny thing about living in the country. You really don’t need Hallowe’en decorations. Between the cobwebs that reappear five minutes after you’ve vacuumed (sadly, I’m not kidding), the ravens and vultures that live somewhere...
