Category: Off-grid

Once you’ve milked the cow and you have a pail of raw milk, the next steps are to filter it, store it, and use it quickly. Raw milk has a shorter shelf life than pasteurized milk, often lasting between 5-10 days. To maximize it’s usable lifespan, filter and chill it immediately after milking. In this…

Milking the cow is the most time consuming of the morning chores, it’s also the most peaceful and requires the most preparation.  In this post:  Preparing for milking  Preparing the cow  How to milk  Hazards Preparing for milking  Before milking can happen, a number of things need to be prepped:  the milking supplies the grain …

Farm life is slower than city life. Things move at a different pace. There’s no rush to get out the door, beat traffic, hurry into work and field customers, phone calls, emails, and meetings at a relentless rate. There is however, and endless list of things that need to be done.  A typical day starts…

I’m currently living off-grid in the central interior of British Columbia’s Chilcotin region, on the west coast of Canada. The nearest urban center is 3.5 hours away by car (Williams Lake). The situation is a small farm in a valley, on the edge of a lake.  In this post: How I got here The off-grid…