by Faith | Jul 11, 2023 | Farm Life, General, Sustainability
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 /...
by Faith | Jul 11, 2023 | Farm Life, General, Sustainability
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...
by Faith | Apr 14, 2023 | Farm Life, General, Sustainability
Hugelkultur, pronounced hoo-gul-culture, means hill culture or hill mound. A Hugelkulture bed is when you dig down around half a meter (to create a large hole) and fill the space with logs, branches, kitchen and garden waste, mulch etc, adding in a some of the soil...
by faithcanter | Jun 30, 2014 | Detoxing Mind, Body & Home, Sustainability
The 1st of July means the start of Plastic Free July. This gives us all a great excuse to try and reduce our plastic usage. But why should we do this? Well, plastics are not only incredibly toxic to our environment but also to our own health. I recently wrote an...
