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I love opening my pantry and seeing shelves lined with jars of tomatoes I canned in August, bags of dried beans waiting to become winter stews, and flour (gluten-free for me) enough to bake bread through a cold snap without venturing to the store. I’m not preparing for societal collapse (although who really knows?); rather,…
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I know the daydream that hits you when you’re stuck in traffic at 7:45 AM, watching your life tick away in fifteen-minute increments. You imagine dirt roads instead of gridlock. Garden beds instead of grocery aisles. The sound of roosters instead of sirens. Fresh eggs from your own chickens. Tomatoes that actually taste like something.…
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In the modern world, there’s a quiet, chronic, and low-grade anxiety that hums just beneath the surface of our days. It’s the feeling that gnaws at you as you scroll through a feed of curated images: a friend’s spectacular vacation, a stranger’s perfectly renovated kitchen, a colleague’s prestigious award. It’s the pressure you feel when…
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There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from living in the modern world. It’s beyond tiredness, more like a bone-deep weariness of constant optimization, endless productivity hacks, and the relentless pressure to do more, be more, achieve more. If you’re reading this, you probably know the feeling. I certainly do, and like me, you’ve…
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There is a quiet magic in walking out your back door and harvesting food for dinner. It’s a feeling of profound connection and self-reliance, a feeling that lies at the heart of this peasant life we’re building. Yet for many, the idea of a garden is daunting. We see images of perfect, weed-free plots and…
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Today was a day both of progress and of bittersweet moments here on the homestead. We spent most of the day in the nursery, which has been patiently waiting for some TLC. It’s amazing how quickly weeds and time can take over when your attention is elsewhere (in our case, we had to prioritize taking…
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There are few things more satisfying than walking to my coop and collecting a handful of warm, freshly laid eggs. The gentle clucking of a happy flock is the perfect soundtrack for a simpler life. For many, bringing home chickens is the first real step towards their homesteading dream. For us, we’d been homesteading for…
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One of the most shocking parts of our journey toward a simpler life was looking at our bank statement and wondering where all the money went. It felt like we were being nibbled to death by a thousand tiny purchases. The truth is, modern life sells us convenience at a huge markup. Reclaiming your income…
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Welcome to A Peasant Life! If you’re here, you’ve probably felt a gentle pull (or even a violent shove) away from the modern world’s definition of success. The endless cycle of earning more to buy more, the clutter in our homes and minds, the feeling of being a passenger in a life that moves too…
