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Hello. We're Shiva and Kala. Welcome to our occasionally updated blog! On here we'd like to share a bit about ourselves and our adventures in homesteading. We've moved to North Carolina and very busy rearranging our lives to live off the land. We're still rather new to homesteading, but eager to learn and share what we are learning. These are strange times we are living in, but we believe they hold plenty of promise along with the peril. If you are new to our blog, we recommend reading the article Preparing for Change for a good introduction to what this is all about. -
Kala has recently been diagnosed with stage 3 endometrial cancer. We are pursuing alternative cancer therapies with an experienced Naturopath. She is doing really well and we are very confident that she will have a full recovery. We are currently accepting donations to help defray the cost of her treatment which is not covered by insurance. If you would like to donate just click the button below. It is much appreciated!
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Treating Cancer Without Chemo
So yeah we decided to not go the chemo route for kalas cancer therapy…going great so far! I just wanted to share on here what we have been doing based on mainly the advice of our naturopath as well as … Continue reading
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An Ecotopian View on Health
What is the most valuable thing in your life? Some might say that it is a relationship… others their stock portfolio or house. Philosophical types might say something more abstract like “love”. I would say that it is my health. … Continue reading
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A Health Challenge
I had intended on posting more on this blog starting this fall, but we had a major health crisis in October. It turns out that Kala had a large (and rapidly growing) growth inside her. She was operated on in … Continue reading
Fall Has Arrived
Well Fall is here….several days it’s been in the 50′s and low 60′s and us without our woodstove installed!! Brrr! I am going to be putting it in this week and looking forward to it. Last week I went to … Continue reading
Yurt Living
A reader wrote to ask what it is like to live in a yurt. I thought I’d write a public reply so anyone considering “yurt life” could have my opinion. In short I mostly love it. I will list here … Continue reading
Update
It’s been awhile since I have posted…we have made our big move to the land!! I moved our yurt down from New Hampshire..it was quite a deal…..I have been very very busy setting up basic things on our land as … Continue reading
Gardening Success! (so far)
Well our little garden is spectacular so far! We have four double dug beds with a variety of soil amendments in them (compost, manure, triple phosphate, vermiculite, lime peat moss). We filled them up with plants and they are really … Continue reading
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The Greening of Detroit
At a festival last week I met a young man from Detroit. He said he had been called to live there for a mission. If you know much about what is happening in Detroit, you might be wondering as I … Continue reading
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Think Different The Cool Box!
A cold water powered refrigerator? Yes! I have been thinking about ways in which we can live on solar/hydro/wind power….one of the important component in getting “off the grid” is to lower power consumption dramatically. Unless you can afford a … Continue reading
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It’s All About the Soil
We are used to thinking of dirt as an inanimate object….I never thought much about it at all until I started seriously studying gardening. Now I realize that gardening is all about the soil. Did you know that a teaspoon … Continue reading
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