Country Living Essentials is our free reference library. It is separate from the shop: nothing here asks you to buy anything. These are the working notes we wish someone had handed us before the move — what to check, what to budget for, what breaks first, and what can wait.
The guides in the shop go deeper. These pages give you the shape of the thing, so you can decide what you actually need.
Where to start
If you are still in the city and trying to work out whether this is possible, begin with the City To Country Checklist. If you already have land and are working out the first season, start with Gardening Tools & Essentials.
The five areas
- City To Country Checklist — choosing land, counting the cost, and planning the move.
- Gardening Tools & Essentials — what to grow food with, and what you can do without.
- Country Living Recipes — cooking from the garden and the pantry.
- How To Fix Essential Things In The Country — water, power, and the repairs nobody is coming to do for you.
- Construction Resources — outbuildings, fencing, and building within your means.
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Luke 14:28, KJV