Vela Creations is an in-depth resource for off grid living. The site documents our research and experiences, hoping that they might help others interested in pursuing this lifestyle. This blog is designed to document our day to day experiences as we build our new, sustainable homestead. If you are interested in seeing more photos and videos, we have a flickr account at the following url: http://flickr.com/photos/35090117@N05/collections/

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Thomas Tusser

"Sweet April showers do spring May flowers." - Thomas Tusser

Friday, April 29, 2016

Richard Jefferies

"This sunlight linked me through the ages to that past consciousness." - Richard Jefferies

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

E. O. Wilson

"Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine." - E. O. Wilson

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Charles Eastman

"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature." - Charles Eastman

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Clarence Day

"Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first." - Clarence Day

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Elias Hicks

"The fulness of the godhead dwelt in every blade of grass." - Elias Hicks

Video explaining keyline in a very understanable way

Video explaining keyline in a very understanable way

I wrote a Practical Guide on How to Grow an Organic Vegetable Garden, its free this weekend on Kindle!

I wrote a Practical Guide on How to Grow an Organic Vegetable Garden, its free this weekend on Kindle!

Hand Digging a WELL... Need a HomeStead Well? Grab a shovel!

Hand Digging a WELL... Need a HomeStead Well? Grab a shovel!

Clean Eating Grocery And Shopping List Download PDF

Clean Eating Grocery And Shopping List Download PDF

Roots of the Food Crisis by Cristopher Cook. Change can not be made by consumers because the choices aren't there. We need to work on policy change and local food sovereignty by claiming land.

Roots of the Food Crisis by Cristopher Cook. Change can not be made by consumers because the choices aren't there. We need to work on policy change and local food sovereignty by claiming land.

Made this app to help me forage. Take a photo in the middle of the woods to mark a spot, then get back to it on foot later by following the arrow. Hopefully it helps you, too!

Made this app to help me forage. Take a photo in the middle of the woods to mark a spot, then get back to it on foot later by following the arrow. Hopefully it helps you, too!

Friday, April 22, 2016

Ray Bradbury

"We are an impossibility in an impossible universe." - Ray Bradbury

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Samuel Butler

"Self-preservation is the first law of nature." - Samuel Butler

Monday, April 18, 2016

Hosea Ballou

"Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature." - Hosea Ballou

Friday, April 15, 2016

Susan George

"If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees." - Susan George

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Jean Ingelow

"When sparrows build and the leaves break forth, My old sorrow wakes and cries." - Jean Ingelow

Monday, April 11, 2016

Antoine Lavoisier

"I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions are formed." - Antoine Lavoisier

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Douglas Wilson

"Use plants to bring life." - Douglas Wilson

Friday, April 8, 2016

Joseph Conrad

"The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness." - Joseph Conrad

All Nitrogen Fixers Are Not Created Equal

All Nitrogen Fixers Are Not Created Equal

Silvopasture: An Agroforestry Practice (4 pg PDF)

Silvopasture: An Agroforestry Practice (4 pg PDF)

29 Valuable Lessons I've Learned from 5 Years of Homesteading

29 Valuable Lessons I've Learned from 5 Years of Homesteading

Using pallets to create a chicken run (x-post r/poultry)

Using pallets to create a chicken run (x-post r/poultry)

Single Oil Cold Process Soap Lather Tests - ingredient comparisons for DIY soap making

Single Oil Cold Process Soap Lather Tests - ingredient comparisons for DIY soap making

daywalker - episode_01 - short introdution to biogas {1:21}

daywalker - episode_01 - short introdution to biogas {1:21}

Regenerative Water Harvesting & Land Restoration Course

Regenerative Water Harvesting & Land Restoration Course

Permaculture and Homesteading – 4 Essential Books for the Self-Sufficient Lifestyle

Permaculture and Homesteading – 4 Essential Books for the Self-Sufficient Lifestyle

The worm has turned: how British insect farms could spawn a food revolution - With meat prices expected to soar, agricultural entrepreneurs believe invertebrate livestock can provide the protein we need. But will the mainstream ever be ready to eat mealworms?

The worm has turned: how British insect farms could spawn a food revolution - With meat prices expected to soar, agricultural entrepreneurs believe invertebrate livestock can provide the protein we need. But will the mainstream ever be ready to eat mealworms?

Monday, April 4, 2016

Charles Dudley Warner

"What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it." - Charles Dudley Warner

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Tertullian

"He is a man, who is to be a man, the fruit is always present in the seed." - Tertullian

Friday, April 1, 2016

Alexander Smith

"Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well." - Alexander Smith

Easter 2016

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We spent a lovely week with Abe's mom and brother. The boys were delighted to see them, as we haven't visited since Halloween.

They got to go to Living Desert, a zoo type thing with lots of indigenous species. They also decorated Easter eggs, which turned out super awesome, and then went around the yard on Sunday finding them. One of the daily highlights was driving the Mule (a cross between a four-wheeler and a golf cart), and Leo is now convinced that he could start driving our little Toyota to school - mmmm, not sure that I quite agree with him!?

It is a shame that we don't get to see both of our families more often. The boys really love the kind of attention that only family can give.

Now that we're home, we face a couple of weeks of intensive gardening. All kinds of stuff to plant and transplant. It's a fun time of year as everything blossoms and greens out. The only problem is that we have so much other stuff to do. Oh well, such is life.

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