Nicole Faires is an adventurer, self-proclaimed eccentric,wife, and mother of three girls. She grew up in a semi-nomadichomeschooling family and spent her early years in rural Montanaon a hobby farm where she raised chickens, grew her own food,learned to crochet, read out-of-print books by Masanobu Fukuoka,and dreamed of the Amish. She is theauthor of The Ultimate Guide toHomesteading and The Ultimate Guideto Permaculture and continues to seek new adventures and local food withher family in beautiful British Columbia.nbsp; Follow her on Twitter @NicoleFaires or visit her at www.NicoleFaries.com.nbsp;