Homesteading
Articles about simple living, sustainability, self-sufficiency and preparedness, as well as posts about our own homesteading journey.
2019 Spring Home and Garden Tour
Saturday night. I’m enjoying a cup of homegrown chamomile tea and a piece of my daughter’s leftover Easter chocolate. The scent of fresh-cut lilacs wafts through the house, mingling with the lavender, lemon and rosemary essential oils I’ve got going in the diffuser,...
Homemade Rain Barrel DIY Project
Learn how to make your own homemade rain barrel out of a garbage can and a few simple materials and always have a source of off-grid water on hand! * * * We have the good fortune to live on Vancouver Island. On the west coast of Canada. Where it rains. A lot. In fact,...
How to Build a DIY Row Cover to Extend Your Growing Season
A row cover is like a mini, mobile greenhouse for your outdoor garden. Extend your growing season with this easy DIY row cover tutorial! * * * Aside from our greenhouse, row covers are my favourite ways to protect our plants from the...
15 Emergency Preparedness Items You Need to Have Packed and Ready To Go
Emergency preparedness is an important part of self-sufficiency, and self-sufficiency is a natural part of homesteading, so naturally the topic of preparedness (aka. "prepping") comes up often in the modern homesteading community. But as...
10 Emergency Water Solutions for When the SHTF
Water. Clean, fresh, drinkable water. Besides air, it's absolutely the most crucial element for survival. To many people around the world who have trouble accessing it, water is their most valuable commodity. In fact, fresh, accessible, potable drinking water makes up...
How to Make Your Own Indoor Grow Light Stand
If you grow plants from seed (or if you want to), you're likely going to want to start a few of them indoors. And if you start your seeds indoors, something that will make your life so much easier (and make your seedlings bigger, stronger...
25 Self-Sufficiency Goals to Set and Smash This Year
With the new year comes a fresh start and a new opportunity to do anything you set your mind to over the next 12 months. Why not work on increasing your self-sufficiency this year so that you can become more secure and independent and less...
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Hi! I’m Anna, and I’m a city girl turned modern homesteader who’s passionate about growing, cooking and preserving real food at home, creating my own herbal medicine and all-natural home and body care products, and working toward a simpler, more sustainable and self-sufficient life each and every day.
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