by | Mar 22, 2020 | Children on the Homestead, Home Learning, Uncategorized
It’s 6:30 AM on a Monday. Your alarm blares. All you want to do is sleep in. As much as you want to fight the noise, it barrels into your subconscious, kicking you awake. You know you have to get up and get the kids ready for a new week of school. You snatch...
by Victoria Gazeley | Apr 2, 2012 | Clothing & Footwear, From City to Country, Homesteading Stories, Lessons, Uncategorized
Whether you’ve been on this rural living/modern homesteading journey for decades, or you’re just starting out, the question always comes up – how do you know when you’ve ‘arrived’? This whole question was born out of something that...
by Victoria Gazeley | Apr 30, 2011 | Emergency Preparedness, Mentoring, Uncategorized
As I’ve ventured down the road of becoming more self-sufficient, one thing has become abundantly clear: my skills for storing food are sadly lacking. Because I never learned these things growing up, I have to learn it now. But I’m lucky – there are...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jan 19, 2011 | Fear, From City to Country, Homestead Planning, Lessons, Mindset, Uncategorized
Homesteading, even the modern kind, is ripe with opportunities for fear to rise up and cripple us from living our dream. In this post, we’ll talk about where that fear comes from and how you can embrace it to finally get your dreams of a more resilient life, in...
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...
