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Adjusting to Life in the Woods

What It's Really Like to Leave the City and Embrace a Wilder Life Now that we’ve been living in the woods for a while, I feel like I can finally speak with some authority on the adjustments it...

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link to Blending Beauty with Purpose: How I Made Peace Between My Favourite Plants and My Native Garden

Blending Beauty with Purpose: How I Made Peace Between My Favourite Plants and My Native Garden

This is now our third summer living in our home in the woods, and if the trees could talk, I’m pretty sure they’d say, “Look at them go … OMG again, with the shovel!” Next garden ......

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link to Two Years in Our Manufactured Home: What We Love, What We’ve Learned, and What’s Next

Two Years in Our Manufactured Home: What We Love, What We’ve Learned, and What’s Next

I can hardly believe it’s been two years since we moved into our Quality Homes manufactured home! In some ways, it feels like we just arrived. In others, it’s like we’ve always been here - like...

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The Real Difference Between a Cottage and a House (Updated)

When I wrote my first post describing the difference between a cottage and a house, we had our old, quirky cottage in the woods - a place full of charm, creaks, and character... Now, we’re in...

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link to Starting The Vegetable Garden – Part 2 – Growing

Starting The Vegetable Garden – Part 2 – Growing

DISCLAIMER: As with my last article in this series - in this article, you will read about the things I have done as I learn about gardening for food. This article is in no way telling you that these...

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link to Starting the Vegetable Garden – Part 1 – The Raised Beds

Starting the Vegetable Garden – Part 1 – The Raised Beds

DISCLAIMER: In this article, you will read about the things I have done as I learn about gardening for food. This article is in no way telling you that these are the right/correct/only way to start...

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Who is The Cottage Wife?

Hi! I'm Carol - The Cottage Wife. My husband Brian and I had a cottage on the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, Canada for over 10 years. It turns out that we love the area so much we've built our forever (retirement) home here. I thought it would be fun to share some of our adventures with you. One of the things we really want to focus on is making as light an impact on the land as we can, while still living a modern life. We'll see how that goes!

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