October 2024: How We Manage Self-Reliance (even in our hectic weeks)

October 2024: How We Manage Self-Reliance (even in our hectic weeks)

ByNiki

Welcome, good lifers! If you’ve found yourself here, you’re probably a bit like us at Castle Good Life: juggling work, life, and an unwavering commitment to a homestead lifestyle. This week has been especially full of activity for us, but it’s reminded me of the small, intentional steps we take to keep our homestead running…

Mastering the Art of Self-Sufficiency in the UK
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Mastering the Art of Self-Sufficiency in the UK

ByNiki

For anyone who grew up watching the BBC’s The Good Life, the very idea of “being self-sufficient” seems like a romantic dream that is perfectly possible in a back garden or backyard. “Self-sufficiency in suburbia!” as Tom Good called it, but is it really possible? Can we actually become fully “self-sufficient” in the UK? This…