#naturalliving

A wild windy night leaves me feeling rattled: feeling the fresh breeze around the edges of our duvet, and thinking in my stupor that a falling metal cat dish was a precious tile crashing off of our

The evening is drawing in. We are just back from a long walk around our land, snipping here and there at olive twigs and seeding dandelion-family plants, picking up walnuts and movibg rocks from the developing

Wow - today marks one full year since we first set foot on our land... We've been looking back on our time here, seeing how far we've come and what has already been achieved: this helps immensely in how

The very concept of ‘sustainability’ in homesteading has long been both a means of keeping people off of the land and, for those who are already on it, keeping them striving and straining (rather than

This morning, @clareartista and I woke up from a little bit of sunshine, making its way into our bedroom ( a couple of meters away from our bed ). It was still pretty chilly, even though we had had the

a cabbage stump pyramid - potentially propogating... We just got through a(nother) tough few days, and I'd be worried about dwelling on the drama and milking attention from the audience, if we hadn't risen

We’ve been back in Guardia Sanframondi for almost a week now, and I am champing at the bit to get back to our land. But we can’t. It is simply not ready for this season, and we’re forced to step significantly

New beginnings in nature are a wonder: coming back to the land as we are doing, @vincentnijman and I, is full of potent potential and with memories - of my childhood immersion in wild landscape, full of

Dear Hive Friends and Homesteaders! I'm sitting at a finally-rather-pretty-looking table, drinking Earl Grey and listening to the rain outide - and dripping into various buckets from the leaky roof! There's

And then, while I was editing this post, the old man took two chickens with him ( probably for his wife to cook them up for their visiting family members ). And when he saw me, he told me that we can pick

The smell of warm water in a garden hose... it brings me back to Summer holidays in the South of France, in the mid to late 80s. Back then, my (Dutch) grandparents used to own a plot of land in a hamlet

Dearest Hive Homesteaders & Free-Living Folk! Well, what to say, about being on our new land - 11,000 square metres at 650 m elevation, in the northeast of Molise - around un mezz'ora from the sea....?

Dear Hive Homesteading Friends, At long last I (actually, we!) have a homesteading story to begin;our adventure started a few days ago, and the seed is already sprouting vitalicious roots and shoots....

Paxabay Healthy food is not just a choice — it’s a lifestyle 🌟. When you eat fresh fruits 🍎, colorful veggies 🥦, nuts 🥜, and whole grains 🌾, you’re giving your body the power to fight diseases 🛡️,

I'm a mom on a mission to grow, homeschool and live free. I am sharing my journey...one rep and garden bed at a time. Care to join?

So I got up at 4.30 am this morning to organise my asparagus…. Well, not specifically, but it seemed as good an occupation for sleeplessness as any, and the asparagi are now happily ensconced in a glass

I have decided to change The Natural World community to focus on Food Preservation and Fermentation! This new direction reflects the incredible possibilities of using nature’s gifts to create nourishing,

In the agricultural sector when naturally destructive pests can end up having a dismal impact on a vast variety of crops as well as the storage of produce, finding solutions that does not entail reaching