by Victoria Gazeley | Nov 30, 2013 | Fire Building, Heating, Wood Heat
Originally published in October 2010 – updated November 30, 2013. Firewood burned in a wood stove is our primary heat source – not just in winter, but year round. We regularly have fires going in the evening here until the end of May. When we first moved...
by Victoria Gazeley | Mar 19, 2013 | Homesteading Stories, Lessons, Rural Living Skills, Vegetable Gardening
First, there was the year the slugs ate everything. And I mean everything. Then there was the one where it was rainy and cold right through til the end of July (not terribly inspiring for anything but greens). And who could forget 2012, when I didn’t even...
by Victoria Gazeley | Feb 22, 2013 | Mentoring, Rural Living Skills
As an urbanite, I had this long-held dream of homesteading, of living off our own rural property, collecting eggs from our free ranging chickens, picking and storing our own organic vegetables and fruit, and working from home. I think I even romanticized it a bit...
by Victoria Gazeley | Feb 4, 2013 | Food Storage, Homestead Planning, Lessons, Vegetable Gardening
Cold, damp, dark. It’s a typical February on the rainy west coast. Not complaining – at least we’re not buried in snow, and the temperatures are relatively balmy compared to a big chunk of the continent. It may not be a good time for soaking in...
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 | Oct 22, 2012 | Heating with Wood, Product Reviews, Rural Living Skills, Videos, Wood Heat
Get the scoop on the easiest, cleanest, and most ergonomically correct way to carry firewood from the wood pile to your house. A product review of the Apron Tote, which you can pick up from Lee Valley Tools. I’ve been using this handy ‘gadget’ since...
