Those of you who keep track of the bylines on our posts might have noticed that my name hasn’t been showing up very often. Though one of our motivations for moving to the country was to improve our work-life balance, the
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Guest Post: The Best Part of Country Living
This week’s post comes to you from my sister, Lisa, who is one of our homesteading inspirations. Between raising seven kids, milking cows, and working on her freelance writing career, she blogs about homesteading at Maggie’s Milk. I was thrilled
PSA: A Cautionary Tale About Downsizing
Consider this post a PSA for those of you who are looking to downsize. I’ve blogged before about how much I love The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Drew and I started the KonMari method about a month before we moved,
The Privilege of Homesteading
When Drew and I were dirt broke in Seattle (an entirely different experience than being dirt broke in the country, I’ve learned), I used to scour the internet and library for stories about people who’d successfully downsized their way to
The Other Stink Bug
The windows of our cabbage are covered in bugs right now. When Drew asked me what they were, I answered without hesitation. “Stink bugs.” Growing up, that’s always what I’d heard them called. But once I started researching for this blog
Floor Plan Update
Our regularly scheduled Walden Wednesday post will be up next week, but we have some updates on the cabbage front that we didn’t want to put off! Look who ended up on a ladder over the weekend! We installed the service panel
A Friday Photo Round-Up
The wildfires in the area are still blazing. My heart goes out to the families of the three firefighters killed earlier this week. I’m so grateful for the firefighters risking their lives to keep us all safe. So far, we’ve
The Elusive Inland Northwest Wolf Deer
The sky was just beginning to darken over the field when I caught the flash of a fluffy tail moving through the tall grass. Barely glimpsed in the low light, it looked canine to me. Coyote? I wondered. Drew and
Fitness on the Farm
It seems crazy to me now, but one of my concerns about moving back to the country was how I would manage to get fit. I’m not sure why I thought fitness would be harder in the country. It’s not
Fun with Floor Plans
Now that we have our cabbage, the next step is to come up with a floor plan. After taking some measurements and downloading LayOut, I managed to come up with this: As you can see, the main space is