A month ago I finally got 3 small geese. Two females and one male. I’m learning quickly about them and how different it is to having chickens and in fact in many ways much easier and cheaper than chickens. I’ve socialising and handling them a lot, so...
Raising Worms… A great way to give chickens regular protein is to raise your own meal worms. There are two ways of doing this. You can buy some meal worms and then start a meal worm farm, or you can catch flies – I’ll do another post on this some time soon. Meal worms...
Probiotics for Animals… Animals benefit just as much from fermented foods and drinks as people do. Especially if they arent free-range (meaning their normal diet is restricted), or if they are given medicines like antibiotics etc and are fed on processed animal...
Onion Learnings… It’s taken years to be able to grow consistently large and abundant onions, from plugs (seedlings) or direct from seed, but I got there! I try to pick veg a season that I really, really research, experiment with and master and this seems...
The Reality of Off-Grid Living… Finding it weird when there are ‘normal’ toilets to use. Finding yourself more often than you’d think crawling about in animal muck one way or another. Having your day hijacked by some animal disaster/ escapee /...
Why I Wished to Live Off-Grid… I have been living off-grid now for almost 6yrs, but it was a dream for many, many years before that. Even as a teen I loved the idea of it and by the time I was in my 20’s I dreamed of some sort of off-grid (as much as you...
Hi, I’m Faith, Living a off-grid, simple and seasonal life. I’m fermental about fermenting, a nervous system nut, forager, trauma informed therapist, holistic nutritionist, herbalist and general lover of life.
