HOMESTEADING IN THE
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS
How to Make a Koi Pond
In 2022, I felt inspired to turn my ordinary backyard into an oasis. So I went into my backyard, grabbed a shovel, and got to work. I did no research and just started digging a hole. In retrospect… this was not the wisest approach, but it certainly … READ MORE ON OUR BLOG
WILDERNESS CRYSTAL
IN 2024 WE MADE THE JUMP FROM CITY TO COUNTRY LIVING. THIS IS OUR STORY.
Sometimes the best recipes require adding an extra spice. That is exactly what we’ve done with our lives. In 2024 we left our jobs, our comfy home, and moved to Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
This is our story of what we’ve learned along the way. This includes both our triumphs and many failures to learn how to start a small homestead.
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Homesteading is: Being self-sufficient, living simply, getting back to our roots, breaking away from commercialism, growing your own food
— Unknown
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature- the assurance that dawn comes after night and spring after winter
— Rachel Carson
A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself
— May Sarton
Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots
— Shannon Mullen
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