The Day the Internet Died – 5 Lessons from a Rural Web Business Owner from a Month without Internet

by | Dec 31, 2012 | Home Business from the Homestead , Online Business Tools , Rural Home Office , Rural Technology

My satellite internet died one morning at the beginning of December. An hour on the phone with tech support and it turned out the issue was probably one of having to recalibrate the dish (i.e., seems it had shifted and was off the signal beam).  Which meant waiting...

Challenges & Benefits of Country Living – Part 1: The Cons/Challenges

by | Jan 30, 2012 | Animals , Emergency Preparedness , From City to Country , Home Business from the Homestead , Lessons , Livestock , Pests , Rural Living Skills , Wildlife

If you can count on me for anything, it’s to give you the straight goods on country living.   No fluff. You’re not going to find me waxing poetic about how la-de-da wonderful everything is every moment of every day – especially when it comes to the...

Modern Homesteading – Reality Check

by | Nov 17, 2011 | Animals , Chickens , From City to Country , Home Business from the Homestead , Lessons , Livestock , Mice , Mindset , Pests , Rural Home Office , Rural Technology

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...