Wildlife abounds at our homestead. There are always 4 or 5 eagles perching atop a fir snag. Then there are the beavers who engineer dams and ponds and chew through sizable trees for use on their projects (and for food). Deer, of course, are everywhere.
After many years at our homestead on the ridgetop, we recently decided to move closer to the shore, still on the same island (Denman Island) where our off-the-grid homesteading adventures began over 16 years ago.
Untreated natural fibers make beautiful products. But they do behave differently than synthetic fibers such as nylon and polyester as well natural fibers that have been treated with chemicals to stabilize them.
