About Us

Gina Holmes is the best-selling novelist of Crossing Oceans, Dry as Rain, Wings of Glass and Driftwood Tides. She is also a working RN and graduate of Radford University. Earl Cochran is a retired Army Officer and alum of ECU. Despite their different last names, they are blissfully married (to one another. ) They make their home in SW VA where they are on a mission to grow 80% of their own produce (and get closer every year to that goal!) They raise chickens (for eggs), rabbits and worms (for manure/fertilizer), a giant herb garden, vegetable and fruit garden and orchard. And of course they compost to make their own organic soil!

Earl is the mastermind behind the builds and logistics. Gina has a green thumb and obsession to grow!

I have had the fun (and hard work!) of setting up and working a few homesteads since I fell in love with this lifestyle, but

Trust is everything in a relationship. It’s the difference between a love that feels safe and homely and one that constantly leaves you not knowing

Trust is everything in a relationship. It’s the difference between a love that feels safe and homely and one that constantly leaves you not knowing

Trust is everything in a relationship. It’s the difference between a love that feels safe and homely and one that constantly leaves you not knowing

Trust is everything in a relationship. It’s the difference between a love that feels safe and homely and one that constantly leaves you not knowing

Trust is everything in a relationship. It’s the difference between a love that feels safe and homely and one that constantly leaves you not knowing

Trust is everything in a relationship. It’s the difference between a love that feels safe and homely and one that constantly leaves you not knowing

Trust is everything in a relationship. It’s the difference between a love that feels safe and homely and one that constantly leaves you not knowing

Trust is everything in a relationship. It’s the difference between a love that feels safe and homely and one that constantly leaves you not knowing