Rebecca's Blog
Rebecca Stewart: To share with the birds
Sometimes late summer harvests are better shared.
Rebecca Stewart: Homegrown Pergolas
Rebecca takes measures to ensure that their trees last a few more lifetimes.
Rebecca Stewart: Following in the footsteps
Rebecca reflects on the struggles of those who lived on their block of land before her family.
Rebecca Stewart: The hardwork reality of homegrown, handmade hazelnut biscuits
Rebecca cracks some hazelnuts and makes a delicious bikkie.
Rebecca Stewart: Living with the seasons
Rebecca reflects on the changes that come each day on the farm during a new season's approach
Rebecca Stewart: Nature will do what nature does
Each garden has different friends and foes, writes Rebecca.
Rebecca Stewart: All creatures great and small
Spring is here, and with it comes many livestock considerations.
Rebecca Stewart: The Good Life
Rebecca reflects on the joys of her homestead life and learnings.
Rebecca Stewart: The beautiful simplicity in a bare fridge
Rebecca Stewart reflects on how the need to have a full fridge falls away when growing to eat.
Rebecca Stewart: Bottling summer's sweetness
Digging, peeling, crushing and boiling yacon for a year of syrup.
Rebecca Stewart: The rise of the pressure canner
This modern tool adds a new string to the self-sufficient homesteader's bow.
Rebecca Stewart: The joys of an autumn evening
A walk through her land during an autumn evening sees Rebecca Stewart reflect on the work and reward of many years.
Rebecca Stewart: Finding silver linings in the summer that wasn’t
In a chaotic corner of the garden battered by a cyclonic south-easterly, Rebecca Stewart reflects on future possibilities.
Rebecca Stewart: Make tree hay while the sun shines
When wet weather makes traditional hay making a drama, Rebecca Stewart finds making tree fodder hay a much more enjoyable process.
Rebecca Stewart: Fragrance of life
One can not live off food alone. Beauty, too, is sustenance for the soul.
Rebecca Stewart: The flight of the bumblebee
The humble bumble is an adored (and necessary) friend in Rebecca's garden.
Rebecca Stewart: Winter’s final blast
Nature shows no mercy as it rips through Rebecca's homestead.
Rebecca Stewart: The long and winding road
The road leading to Rebecca Stewart's homestead is rocky, unpredictable, and full of stories.
Rebecca Stewart: A time of new life
With spring on the homestead, Rebecca Stewart welcomes the cycle of life.
Rebecca Stewart: The hearth fires of home
Winter in Rebecca Stewart's off-grid bungalow means everyone's drawn to the crackling fireplace.
Rebecca Stewart: Why small-scale sustainability is possible
It takes a village – until Rebecca Stewart suggests otherwise.
Rebecca Stewart’s Blog: One man’s trash is another man’s treasure
When the to-do list grows, Rebecca Stewart turns to the world of secondhand – saving the planet one rescued tool at a time.
Rebecca Stewart's Blog: Living our best life
The beauty and hardship of self-sufficiency makes living off the land better than material wealth, writes Rebecca Stewart.
Rebecca Stewart’s Blog: Preserving up a storm
Bottling the last of the harvest is no easy task when the goal is a year’s supply of sauces, tomatoes and plum wine.
Rebecca Stewart’s Blog: The self-sufficiency mindset
Our new columnist, who lives on a six-hectare block in King Country, makes it her daily mission to live as self-sufficient as possible. A can-do attitude is a necessity, writes Rebecca.
