LIVING
MODERN HOMESTE ADING
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YO U R F I R S T B I G T R I P
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M O O DY T W E E N S
The author, her family and one of their hens
PHOTOGRAPHY, STACEY VAN BERKEL
Greener
PASTURES
Ever dream of chucking city life and moving to the country? This family did it. Here’s what they’ve learned from their adventures in modern homesteading.
OWNING CHICKENS brings me more satisfaction than I ever imagined it could. My routine of letting the hens out of their coop in the morning, being rushed by them as they greet me, throwing handfuls of corn on the ground for them to peck at, then collecting their still-warm eggs alongside my toddler makes me happy in a really simple way. It’s hard to believe my life was so different just three years ago. I’d always been a big-city girl. After living in London, Sydney, Las Vegas, Vancouver and Halifax, I’d have laughed if you told me I’d be living in a village of 1,400 in rural Nova Scotia one day. But, as I got older and became a mother, I realized I wanted something different, something simpler.
BY LOLA AUGUSTINE BROWN
JUNE 2015 | CANADIANLIVING.COM
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