by Victoria Gazeley | Dec 31, 2010 | Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, Homestead Planning, Mentoring, Rural Living Skills, Rural Technology
I spent yesterday going over my goal-setting mind map from last January. This time last year, I had no garden, no greenhouse, an old, decrepit woodshed, an overgrown brush pile where the pasture now stands, no blueberry patch (tiny though it is) and no website!...
by Victoria Gazeley | Dec 29, 2010 | Homesteading Skills, Rural Living Skills, Small Livestock, Videos
In this video, Modern Homesteading speaks to JoAnna May, who has been raising chickens on her rural lot (for both eggs and meat) since the spring of 2009. We ask her about her biggest challenges (think big, four-legged bruins) and her top three tips for anyone...
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 | Oct 26, 2010 | From City to Country, Home Business from the Homestead, Rural Living Skills, Uncategorized
The country lifestyle is not for everyone. Every day I commute into my job in the city I hear at least one fellow commuter complaining about the ferry service. Or about logging on the local mountain. Or the weather. Which always leads me to wonder, “What did...
by Victoria Gazeley | Oct 19, 2010 | From City to Country, Rural Living Skills
It didn’t take me long to figure out I was a fish out of water in our new rural living adventure. More like an octopus, really – flailing around trying to make my new life look like it was working. I so did NOT want to admit there were things I...
by Victoria Gazeley | Oct 13, 2010 | Interviews, Mentoring
UPDATE: February 21, 2012 – We lost our extraordinary friend and mentor Robin Wheeler yesterday. She influenced so many of us who are now out in the world, sharing our experiences with others who have a dream to get back into closer contact with the land that...
