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Hi, I’m Abbagail.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog, I’m glad you’re here. I started this blog to encourage, educate and inspire people to get back to their roots and really become an active participant in raising and growing more of their own food. I’d love to help you start your very own homestead and transform your life.

I would like to help you become more self-sufficient. Grow your own vegetables. Raise your own livestock. Preserve your own food. If you want to homestead but don’t know where to start, stick around and I’ll show you a thing or two.

While I didn’t grow up with this lifestyle, it has always been close to my heart. It truly is a way of life, a giant lifestyle change from suburbia to the countryside. But I tell you, it’s worth it. That big sky, mountain view, fresh air, relationship with the animals, the things you learn about homesteading and yourself, and not to mention that good you get from growing your own food and raising your own meat. It’s magical.

My husband and I run an operation pasture-based ranch in Alberta. We started this journey with a few chickens for ourselves and then fell in love with the ability to control where our food comes from and the act of farming itself. Now, not only do we raise meat birds, sheep, and pigs, but we also grow all our own food in our personal veggie gardens and preserve it as much as possible. If you’re not afraid of a little hard work, the homesteading lifestyle might just be for you!

I love writing and helping people. I’ve been on multiple podcasts sharing our farming journey and about my love of growing your own food. I can’t wait to help you!