#selfsufficiency

We're sheltering in the piazza of the nearby village, to get through the hottest day of the week. There's a delicious breeze keeping insects and being-boiled-alive at bay, whilst the bustle of school bus,

Philippine rice farm. The aqueduct project my father built to bring water to the village farms. Since I was little, I lived and grew up surrounded by farming life but never really understood how lucky

our new 'fridge'! We are in the temporary 'kitchen' of our new home, having eaten our first meal in this house. A simple affair, as we haven't brought our cooker down yet. We're satiated and hydrated,

We spent the early morning and then the afternoon and evening yesterday, working on our new house. At last the word came from the owner's daughter, that all he needs is a big roll of yellow hose, and a

We've had rather a fun week, these past 7-days; a lot of moments of lightness and laughter, rather than the usual rollercoaster. It has been a HUGE reprieve, at least for me, where the previous month or

hope this post finds you all enjoying the simple joys of self-sufficient living. Today, I wanted to share a glimpse into my little backyard flock here on our homestead. These two photos capture the heart

It's been far too long since I did a garden update ! We've had what has felt like an interminably long, cold spring. We didn't get the normal warm fortnight in late February, and although we haven't had

Another potent rainy day on our #sovereignhomestead and I wake up from a much-needed nap after a very short night, as @vincentnijman graciously brings me hot soup on the 'sofa'... I'm snuggled in under

stripping burdock stems, in the rain, hence my burdock leaf hat 🤭 I just finished an online meeting with the Blessings Of Liberti discourse, in the New Earth Sovereignty Academy. It is 3 am, and there's

A fierce wind has been tearing through our land - and our house! - for a few days, and we have been awake a lot. We've been wrestling with mud, perpetual dampness, low resources and worries about the longterm

The winter here in the southern part of the UK has felt like it's dragged on forever. It hasn't been particularly cold, just endless rain and damp. Gloomy. But finally we're seeing the start of spring,

Dear Hive Friends! It has been a grounding and almost celebratory week! We made some significant steps (again!) towards really settling here on our land - symbolic or metaphoric steps that certainly help

Every challenge right now seems to be The Final Straw: our house is not holding up to even the most basic expectations, and our attempts to logicalise fabulous solutions appear to be falling on the Universe’s

My hubby used to feed our chickens whenever he had time. ‎ ‎Some days they get a full scoop of feed, other days only what was left. We assumed eggs would come naturally. ‎ ‎At their age, they should have

Sitting in bed with a scalding hotwater bottle at the base of my back, and @vincentnijman tap-tapping away beside me on the Hive, we’re doing our best to stay cosy of an evening, whilst our miniature stove

It has been the most straining and torturous week yet, and even so, we have made huge progress on the simplest, most important things. The hardest part was firstly coming into conflict with our landlords,

Our wee hovel is coming along nicely! Today @vincentnijman and I had a glorious rainy morning working inside; scraping a ton of ancient, compacted dung off of the ‘floor’, bashing part of the ‘possibly

Talking with @vincentnijman this evening, after having received some big download from Nature on our land today, I am so empassioned to speak to this subject of Being Paid… As an uncompromising artist

It has been a few days since I left my Beloved @vincentnijman at the train station... days filled with packing and organising, cleaning and clearing out my old life - every trip back to the Arthouse another

We were chatting by the field-side, walking up a steep slope, listening to the mizel on the road, the birds chirruping and settling for the evening, looking out across the valley and thinking of our cosy