Our Lifestyle Blog as We Create a Homestead in Northern Ontario
In an effort to overcome procrastination and prove to myself that I could still accomplish important chores around the homestead, I awoke a few days ago with the conviction that I would clean out our stovepipe before anything else. It was a calm, warm, sunny day – no excuses! As soon as Donna headed down … Read more
After sheltering us for 18 months, and then serving briefly as guest accommodations, workshop, storage space, and a dojo, the yurts have moved on to a new life – and an exciting one! Early (nine am?) Friday morning, two weeks past now, the local Forest school and a great group of volunteers showed up to … Read more
One of the projects that we really wanted to do when we first took up the notion of homesteading was to produce a portion of our own food. So far we’ve not really pursued this aspect of things, especially with so much to do to simply construct the homestead itself! I have no illusions that … Read more
I’m not sure if I’ve talked a whole lot about it in the past, but we have always been homeschooling/unschooling Kenny here on the homestead. When we’re focused on lessons, we probably consider ourselves homeschoolers. When we get distracted and let things ride, then I consider us unschoolers. As such, I do try to get … Read more