by Victoria Gazeley | Dec 31, 2012 | Home Business from the Homestead, Online Business Tools, Rural Home Office, Rural Technology
My satellite internet died one morning at the beginning of December. An hour on the phone with tech support and it turned out the issue was probably one of having to recalibrate the dish (i.e., seems it had shifted and was off the signal beam). Which meant waiting...
by Victoria Gazeley | Sep 10, 2012 | Home Business from the Homestead, Homestead Planning, Online Business Tools, Rural Home Office
“Did you start your business before you moved to the country?” “How did you figure out what business to start?” “We really want to start over on a rural property – do you have any advice?” Every week, I’m getting more...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jan 30, 2012 | Animals, Emergency Preparedness, From City to Country, Home Business from the Homestead, Lessons, Livestock, Pests, Rural Living Skills, Wildlife
If you can count on me for anything, it’s to give you the straight goods on country living. No fluff. You’re not going to find me waxing poetic about how la-de-da wonderful everything is every moment of every day – especially when it comes to the...
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 | Nov 9, 2011 | Home Business from the Homestead, Online Business Tools
We do a LOT of reading and research around here – homesteading blogs, chicken raising books, animal identification manuals, and business training. This week, we received our copy of Read Their Mind: How to Hear What the Marketplace Wants and Build a Huge...
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...
