The Fear Factor: Modern Homesteading Style
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...Have You Heard? Country Living Ain’t So Quiet After All
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...Planning for Self-Sufficiency in 2012 – A Review of 2011
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,...Modern Homesteading – Reality Check
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...So Your Loved Ones Think Your Rural Living Dream is Crazy: 5 Benefits to Help Convince Them Otherwise
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...AS SEEN ON…
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