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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

What to Do in the Garden in March

Gardening in March is a balancing act, making sure you get stuff done in the garden - but not too soon if there's still a danger of frost!

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 ...

Vermicomposting: How to Use Worms to Make Compost

Vermicomposting means letting earth worms turn your scraps into ...

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?