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Self-Sufficiency... until the power goes out!

Liesl

Published on: 2025/06/25

I am so proud at how self-sufficient my husband and I have become the last few years. We grow the majority of our own veggies and herbs and have a budding orchard in progress that will provide us fruit and berries. I barter goods and services with friends and neighbours… which I absolutely love doing! We raise pigs and chickens, forage for wild mushrooms, berries and other edible forest goodies and hunt and fish to fill the freezers.

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Healing and Emotional Release

Liesl

Published on: 2025/05/28

I will never forget the day that I realized how healing of any kind is so intrinsically linked with our emotions. About 11 or 12 years ago, I was seeing a massage therapist for my hip issues and we had just finished a session when she asked if she could try a short exercise with me. Always game for something new… I immediately agreed!

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Bee-dazzled!

Liesl

Published on: 2025/04/30

Kinda cheating on the blog this week… but I had to share this writeup as it was such a good read, relevant to choosing a better path and as some of you know… I will talk about bees all day, ever day if you bring it up (probably even if you don’t bring it up!) Working with bees has become a bit of a fascination and passion that I never thought I would be so bee-dazzled by!

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The Evolution of Patience

Liesl

Published on: 2025/04/23

I, admittedly, did not have a ton of patience in my early adult years and it is something I have had to work on and grow in to! I think I would even go so far as to have termed myself ‘a bit of a firecracker!’ The redheaded gene just missed me by an inch or so, but I still got a healthy dose of freckles and the hot temperament often associated with gingers.

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