Designing Our Mountainside Homestead: A Practical Guide to Permaculture Living
Some people saw an uninviting hillside, we saw the opportunity to build a home. Building a homestead isn’t about perfection. It’s about starting where you are and letting the land teach you. With simple design, composting, and worm farming, you can create a thriving, sustainable space that feeds both your family and the earth.
Seed Saving – Keeping the Cycle Going
Saving seeds feels like keeping the heartbeat of the garden alive and it means I don't have to rely on buying seeds from stores. The next season's garden is already in your hands.
Turmeric Harvesting – Growing Sunshine Beneath the Soil
There’s something deeply satisfying about pulling turmeric from the earth, the rich, golden colour bursting through the soil like hidden sunshine. Every year, our turmeric patch glows with this vibrant energy, and I never tire of seeing that beautiful orange-yellow hue.
Healing Through Gardening: A Way Back to Ourselves
When we plant a garden, we’re doing far more than growing food, we’re growing connection. Connection to the seasons, to the soil beneath our feet, and to the quiet rhythm of life that hums all around us when we slow down long enough to listen. For some, gardening is a few pots on the balcony. For others, it’s rows of vegetables and fruit trees feeding a family. The scale doesn’t matter, what matters is the relationship. From what you put in, to what you get out, gardening ref