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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!
Gardening & Growing
Choosing vegetables for self-sufficiency: grow-your-own-food 101
Choosing vegetables you want to eat and that you can grow successfully will get you better results than growing everything that comes to mind. Learn which veggies to grow for more self-reliance!
What to Do in the Garden in March
Gardening in March is a balancing act, making sure you get stuff done in ...
Starting Seeds Indoors vs Outdoors: Pros and Cons and Best Practices
Should you start seeds in trays or containers indoors, or sowing directly ...
Finding the Sweet Spot: Picking a Location for your Vegetable Garden
Picking the perfect location(s) for your garden is about imagining how ...
Raising Animals
Rotational Grazing: Sustainable Animal Husbandry for Almost Anyone
7 Things to Consider When Building a Chicken Coop
Why Raise a Heritage Chicken Breed?
What are the Best Animals for Self-Sufficiency?
Off-grid & Self-sufficient
Preparing for Emergencies: Doomsday Prepping vs Common Sense
Emergency preparedness has a bad rep; but for us, it's about preparing for real-life emergency situations like ...
What is Off-Grid Living, Really? What does it Mean and How does it Work?
The meaning of "off-grid living" depends on context - or on who you ask! ...
5 Back-to-Basic Skills for Increased Self-Sufficiency (and Books to Get you Started!)
What would life be like if we could do more ourselves, instead of buying ...
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 ...
Simple Lifestyle & Homesteading
8 Recipes for Home-Made Winter Skincare & Protection
Olive Oil: Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Liquid Green Gold
Summer Natural Health and Beauty Experiments to Feel Great Inside and Out
7 Natural Health & Beauty Experiments to Try This Fall
Off-grid Spain
Olive Oil: Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Liquid Green Gold
Olive oil is ever growing in popularity and price - but how is it made? And what's really the difference in quality between different types of olive oil like first pressed, extra virgin, organic, etc?
Storm Filomena, January 2021
People associate Spain with sunny beaches, sangria and tapas. Which is ...
How Safe Is It To Live Off-Grid In Spain?
How safe is it to live off-grid in Spain? In this video, we discuss ...
Keeping Animals in Spain: Getting Started
Thinking about moving off-grid and starting a farm (with animals) in ...
Our Stories
Preparing for Emergencies: Doomsday Prepping vs Common Sense
Storm Filomena, January 2021
Tour Of Our Off-Grid House – Mas Del Encanto
Our Story: How We Ended Up Living Off-Grid in Spain
30 things to do before you Move Off-grid
Free checklist to avoid things falling through the cracks
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