Rural Lifestyle – Your Guide to Homesteading, Homemaking, and Outdoor Living

Fishing rod and line extending over a peaceful lake in Finland's summer setting.

Outdoors

honeybees on a broodframe

beekeeping

sourdough bread in a dutch oven

homemaking

A wicker basket filled with farm fresh eggs in a rural setting.

Homestead life

sourdough starter overflowing from a jar on counter
sourdough
pie dough on a counter dusted with flour
baking
Macro Shot Photography of Black-and-yellow Bees
beekeeping
garlic sprouting out of the ground in a garden
gardening
chickens sitting on eggs in a nest box together
homestead
cooking
fishing pole sitting by an ice hole on a frozen lake
outdoors
Collection of wild mushrooms with identification guides on a rustic fabric setting - perfect for autumn themes.
foraging
sourdough bread in a dutch oven
homemaking
more on the blog

About Halla

Mom. Wife. outdoors-woman. Chef. Homesteader.

Hello and welcome! I’m Halla, the heart and hands behind this blog. I’m a blue collar wife–holding down our homestead while my husband is away.

I teach my kids about living a self sufficient lifestyle, and we get through many challenges together while we are home alone on the homestead. Being a homemaker is my job, whether my husband is home or not, so I strive to be the best I can be!

Learn More
follow along

outdoors

See more

homestead

See more

homemaking

See more