For those of you who don’t already know, the bunkie on my Resilient Barn property is self-sufficient. It relies on wood heat for warmth as well as for cooking food. This is the story of my restored cookstove. Last year I happened upon a Kijiji ad for an old cookstove. It’s an antique Storia cookstove, …
What an experience this has been. I am so excited to share this with you! An outdoor, accessible bathroom has been a dream of mine for a very long time. With the onset of COVID last spring, I stopped all my events that are open to the public – without a public bathroom I just …
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The artwork shown here is by my sister in law, Trish Gibbon. I want to make a living, by living. What that means to me is to live my best self, and offer the fruits of my labour to you. In 2009 we moved to our five-acre property. We quickly settled in, and unpacked most …
Abundance. A quick google search tells me that abundance is defined as a very large quantity of something. When there is more than enough of something. This is the key…more than enough. When I find myself with an abundance, I am driven to share it. Every time I have shared my abundance, I have been …
You have probably heard that St. John’s wort oil is incredible for muscle aches and pains, but did you know that rosemary infused oil can also work wonders? Not everyone has access to fresh St. John’s wort when it’s flowering at just the right stage for making oil, but most people have access to rosemary. Even if …
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