Simple Lifestyle & Homesteading Skills

Living a simple lifestyle: raising kids, back-to-basic skills, off-grid mindset and money matters

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?

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 ...

How to Craft your Own Perfume with Essential Oils

These essential oil perfumes are so good I could almost eat them. Rather ...

Face Mask Recipe for Every Season

The facial masks that we suggest here are for all skin types, as we’ll ...

Recipe: Banana Bread Cake

Got extra bananas? Want something sweet and filling? This banana bread cake is a winner.

7 Lessons From Our “Farm Stay” Bed and Breakfast

When we moved to Spain, we started a bed and breakfast hoping it would make us an income. This is what we learned from it!

6 Ways To Make A Living – When You Live Off-Grid

We could make a list of hundreds and hundreds of ways to make a living when you live off-grid - but really, they all fit into these six categories. What works best for you?

9 Misconceptions About Living Off-Grid

Forget everything you thought you knew about off-grid living… Unless you’re living off the grid yourself, I'd bet at least one of the common misconceptions listed below is something you thought to be true.

Recipe: Super Easy & Tasty No-Knead Bread

By popular demand: the recipe to my daily no-knead bread - 5 minutes at night + 5 minutes in the morning (+ 35 minutes of baking), and we've got fresh breakfast.

How Conscious Grocery Shopping Makes Me A Happier Customer

There's a choice here: do you want to buy cheap stuff or your favourite brand - or do you want to keep the village store open with conscious grocery shopping?

There’s Nothing More Complicated Than A Simple Life

The person who decided to call this lifestyle "simple life" definitely didn't try to LIVE it.

Our Very Own Alternative Currency: Social Money and the Monthly Exchange Market

An alternative currency, just for our little corner of the world; it sounded like a good idea at the time, and it was awesome while it lasted.

The Road Not Taken – On the Decision to Move Off the Grid

Making a choice that's going to change the course of your life - you'll never know if it was the right one, and what could have happened with the road not taken.

7 Steps to Move Off-grid

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