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 | Jan 13, 2012 | Emergency Preparedness, Homestead Planning
I spent the last week looking over my goals and accomplishments from 2011. What worked, what didn’t, what I’d never, ever try again (like putting too many things on my to-do list!)… My iMac screen is covered with mindmaps, to-do lists, videos and...
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 | Dec 15, 2011 | Homestead Planning, Permaculture, Rural Living Skills
An architect, a midwife and a geophysicist walk into a room… No, it’s not the beginning of a witty joke. It’s what I experienced yesterday as I began my year-long journey into the world of Permaculture design. If you’ve never heard of...
by Victoria Gazeley | Nov 20, 2011 | Emergency Preparedness, From City to Country, Homestead Planning, Lessons, Rural Real Estate
It’s getting cold here. The ground is rock solid frozen and we’ve gone full into ‘winter mode’. Now that we’ve got livestock (chickens), it adds a whole new dimension to preparing our rural property to keep everyone (and everything)...
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...
