Two sheep, three girls and an old red farmhouse in the rain
Hi, I’m Milly. I grew up under the southern Spanish sun, and after years on our little smallholding in the hills of the south, my husband Phil and I packed up three girls, two dogs and one very opinionated chicken and drove to an old red farmhouse in the green, rainy north of Spain. This is where I share how we’re building it, season by season: growing our food, filling the pantry, cooking for a family of five and learning at home, mud and all.
Start your homestead
Animals, land, paperwork and honest first steps.
Grow your own food
A garden that eats the rain, one bed at a time.
Cook from Scratch
Seasonal recipes and a pantry worth opening.
Learn at home
Screen-free learning, alongside school or instead of it.
Grow, harvest and preserve a whole year of food with my free calendar
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Hi, I’m Milly
I’m a mama of three, a scratch cook and the woman who once bought two sheep off the internet in four hours to save our farm license. We’re not new to this life, but we are new to this place, and I write it all down here, the lovely parts and the muddy parts.
Start Your Homestead
You don’t need acres or a perfect plan, just one small first step. Here’s everything we’ve learned the hard way, from animals to paperwork.
Introducing my new Book
Grounded Roots
Laying the Foundations of Your Homestead Dream
This book serves as a comprehensive roadmap, taking readers through the crucial stages of establishing their own homestead. Beginning with the fundamentals of selecting the right land, the book delves into the essentials of sustainable living, from growing organic produce to raising livestock and implementing renewable energy sources.
Grow your own food
In the south I prayed for rain. Here the slugs have season tickets. Follow along as we turn grass into no-dig beds, one season at a time.
Grab a copy of my free
Grow, Harvest, Preserve Calendar
Fifty printable pages that walk you through the whole year, January to December. What to sow, plant and harvest each month, what to put up in the pantry, simple recipe ideas, frost timing and plenty of space for your own notes. It’s the calendar I wish I’d had when we started.
No spam, ever. You’ll also get my letters from the farm, and you can unsubscribe any time. Read the privacy policy.
Cook from Scratch
Real food for a family of five, made from what we grow, raise or forage. Big pots, full jars and nothing wasted.
Homeschooling
Gentle, screen-free learning at home, from nature study to real jobs for little hands, for full-time homeschoolers and after-school families alike.