Sowing Simplicity, Harvesting Harmony
Hello there! We are Julien and Maybelline, and welcome to the biggest project of our lifetime! For several years, we lived in a small apartment in Singapore. It was cozy but we always dreamed of something different – a big stone house in Brittany where we could live a simple but fulfilling life, close to nature, and away from the madness and crowds.
This is how this website has been created. We want to document our steps towards fulfilling our dream, and we hope to share our journey with you!
These are the various parts of our huge project which we hope to achieve:
Our Journey
- Philosophy – This is where we explain why we made the choices we made: why Brittany, why move out of Singapore, why choose a homesteading lifestyle.
- Preparing it – Here, we document our steps for our project: the financing, the considerations, the moving…
- Building it – Imagining a new home with a spacious piece of land is not easy! Here, we share about how we went about planning the space, and setting up the facilities we will need.
- Living it – This journey into homesteading is not without its ups and downs. In this section, we share about our daily lives and the mindset we chose to adopt in order to adapt to this new lifestyle.
Homesteading
- Growing food
- Raising chickens for eggs
- Recipes and meal planning
- Setting up utilities
DIY
- Outdoor works
- Indoor projects
- Crafts
Rewilding
We wanted to live in harmony with nature, and make the space around us wildlife-friendly.
- Water gardens
- Wildscaping
- Friends from the wild
Botany
- Building our greenhouse – We’re building a greenhouse to grow a collection of tropical plants. It’s like having a bit of the jungle (and Singapore) right in our backyard!
- Landscaping our outdoor space
- Plant collections
Walk alongside with us as we make our dream come true, and we hope we can inspire you to start your own journey into homesteading too!
Love, Julien and Maybelline