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/

Friday, June 30, 2017

Anton Chekhov

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." - Anton Chekhov

Thursday, June 29, 2017

William Blake

"Great things are done when men and mountains meet." - William Blake

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Arnold Bennett

"It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top." - Arnold Bennett

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Matsuo Basho

"The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers." - Matsuo Basho

Monday, June 26, 2017

Khalil Gibran

"The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is." - Khalil Gibran

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Napoleon Bonaparte

"If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god." - Napoleon Bonaparte

Saturday, June 24, 2017

King Solomon

"All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full." - King Solomon

Ecosystem Based Adaptation, - by, John D. Liu, The Great Work Of Our Time

Ecosystem Based Adaptation, - by, John D. Liu, The Great Work Of Our Time

Another reason to loathe ticks

Another reason to loathe ticks

Anyone else overrun with lambsquarter (aka pigweed) this time of year? Here's how we dehydrate and use it!

Anyone else overrun with lambsquarter (aka pigweed) this time of year? Here's how we dehydrate and use it!

How to Make Pemmican At Home: A Survival Superfood That Can Last Anywhere From A Few Years (Decades) Up To A Lifetime

How to Make Pemmican At Home: A Survival Superfood That Can Last Anywhere From A Few Years (Decades) Up To A Lifetime

Permaculture Nursery Tour

Permaculture Nursery Tour

What if several of the world's biggest food crops failed at the same time?

What if several of the world's biggest food crops failed at the same time?

Jewels of the Forest Fungi Farm Tour Pt. 1 Setting up the Permaculture Farm!

Jewels of the Forest Fungi Farm Tour Pt. 1 Setting up the Permaculture Farm!

Raising a Year's Worth of Meat Chickens

Raising a Year's Worth of Meat Chickens

Starting Your First Bee Hive

Starting Your First Bee Hive

Interesting read Applying Holistic Management Principles to Build a Net-Zero Home

Interesting read Applying Holistic Management Principles to Build a Net-Zero Home

How to make homemade raisins in the oven

How to make homemade raisins in the oven

Chicken Plucking! It Made it so much more Enjoyable!

Chicken Plucking! It Made it so much more Enjoyable!

The Best Survival Tips You Can Learn From Street People

The Best Survival Tips You Can Learn From Street People

Friday, June 23, 2017

Juvenal

"Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another." - Juvenal

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

William Shakespeare

"Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones." - William Shakespeare

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Aldous Huxley

"My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing." - Aldous Huxley

Winspear Rabbitry, grow out pens on grass



Winspear Rabbitry, grow out pens on grass

7 week old rabbits in pens on the grass

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Friday, June 16, 2017

Langston Hughes

"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby." - Langston Hughes

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Stewart Udall

"Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man." - Stewart Udall

Sunday, June 11, 2017

Hal Borland

"If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees." - Hal Borland

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Robert Green Ingersoll

"In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds." - Robert Green Ingersoll

Interesting idea on making $1000 a month from 15 chickens, it actually seems feasible. Anyone else doing this?

Interesting idea on making $1000 a month from 15 chickens, it actually seems feasible. Anyone else doing this?

Chicken Compost - Babies and More!

Chicken Compost - Babies and More!

Hiving Our First Package of Honey Bees

Hiving Our First Package of Honey Bees

Growing garlic from bulbils (A low cost way to build up your seed stock)

Growing garlic from bulbils (A low cost way to build up your seed stock)

A guide for those people wanting to homestead that helps you to make the decision for all the right reasons...

A guide for those people wanting to homestead that helps you to make the decision for all the right reasons...

Off-Grid Hydroponics Experiment - The Kratky Method & Floating Raft Hydroponics

Off-Grid Hydroponics Experiment - The Kratky Method & Floating Raft Hydroponics

5 Ways to Prepare Beds for Tree and Shrub Planting - Which One is Best?

5 Ways to Prepare Beds for Tree and Shrub Planting - Which One is Best?

Livestock Welfare and Performance in Silvopastures

Livestock Welfare and Performance in Silvopastures

Polycultures and Guilds 5 - Chestnut with Allies

Polycultures and Guilds 5 - Chestnut with Allies

Raising Rabbits To Make Profit, Very Easy To Do

Raising Rabbits To Make Profit, Very Easy To Do

Friday, June 9, 2017

Emily Dickinson

"How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!" - Emily Dickinson

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Marshall McLuhan

"There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan

Sunday, June 4, 2017

Martin Heidegger

"To dwell is to garden." - Martin Heidegger

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Jean Paul

"The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven." - Jean Paul

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