Gillian Swinton grew up watching her grandmother maintain a family farm in Northern Scotland - and used her experience to cultivate the rural lands of New Zealand.

Now based in Central Otago, Gillian and her partner Hamish live on a 2.7 hectare property - embracing their own journey of living a self-sufficient and more simple life.

Gillian has shared her own story of homesteading with tips and tricks in her new book The Good Life.

"All of a sudden, we've got two-and-a-half hectares and sheep and bees - and it snowballed." 

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Gillian Swinton grew up watching her grandmother maintain a family farm in Northern Scotland - and used her experience to cultivate the rural lands of New Zealand.
Now based in Central Otago, Gillian and her partner Hamish live on a 2.7 hectare property - embracing their own journey of living a self-sufficient and more simple life.
Gillian has shared her own story of homesteading with tips and tricks in her new book The Good Life.
"All of a sudden, we've got two-and-a-half hectares and sheep and bees - and it snowballed."&nbsp;
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Gillian Swinton: author of 'The Good Life' opens up about her experience homesteading in Central Otago

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