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Raising Animals
Chickens, goats, alpacas, and other critters: animal husbandry for the small-scale farm or homestead
Off-Grid & Self-Sufficient
Building and maintaining an off-grid home - and setting up your property for increased self-reliance
Gardening & Growing
Adventures in gardening for self-sufficiency: growing your own food and processing your harvest
Simple Lifestyle
Living a simple lifestyle: raising kids, back-to-basic skills, off-grid mindset and money matters
Hi, I'm Sandrine!
I live off-grid on an olive and almond farm in Spain, with alpacas and chickens and dogs and all the things. We've got solar panels and water from a borehole, we aim to grow our own food and be more self-sufficient, and we also try to make more time for what's really important in life... Come and join the sunny simple living movement!
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How to Be Self-Sufficient and Live Off-Grid
There's more than one way to be more self-reliant! We explore how to be self-sufficient when living in an off-grid home.
7 Natural Health & Beauty Experiments to Try This Fall
While you take the time to prepare for winter, remember to also make time to be kind to you this fall - with these home-made health and beauty recipes.
Best 5 Vegetables to Grow For Self-Sufficiency
What are the best 5 vegetables to grow for self-sufficiency? We listed them and added some recipes and growing tips for each!
Gardening With Kids 101 – How To Keep Children Busy While Gardening
Gardening with kids can feel like you'll never get things done. Here are our tips to make the experience fun and educational for them - and more productive for you!
How to Craft your Own Perfume with Essential Oils
These essential oil perfumes are so good I could almost eat them. Rather than spending loads on store-bought perfumes, you can simply mix and...
7 Things to Consider When Building a Chicken Coop
Whether you own chickens or are toying about the concept of raising some for self-sufficiency purposes, at some point, building a henhouse or a...
Face Mask Recipe for Every Season
By treating your skin with love and care, you can have absolutely glowing, radiant skin. The facial masks that we suggest here are for all skin...
How to Start a Garden from Scratch – in 7 Easy Steps
Whether you’re new at gardening and have never done it before, or you’re just starting a vegetable garden from scratch in a new location, these are the 7 steps that make it fun to set up your veggie garden!
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Happy Chickens with a Mobile Coop and Electric Netting
A mobile coop and an electric fence: the perks of free-ranging chickens combined with the safety of a regular chicken run.
Is it Possible To Be Completely Self-Sufficient?
For most of us, self-sufficiency is a journey - and possibly not attainable as a real-life goal. Let's explore what it'd look like to be 100% self-sufficient!
What’s the Difference Between an Alpaca and a Llama?
Llama vs alpaca: how these camelids don't just look different, their behavior is also very distinct... and they're being used for very different purposes.
What is Permaculture?
Permaculture is a set of design principles aimed at working with nature (rather than against it), as well as supporting or mimicking naturally occurring patterns and features found in nature.
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