sustainable living, homesteading, sustainable homemaking
Most modern-day homesteaders have one foot on the farm….and the other foot still in the working world. To keep the sustainable lifestyle going, many folks need to keep their “day jobs” in order to finance it, at least for now. Being pulled between two worlds can be stressful, defeating and expensive. Routinely simplifying all parts [...]
Whenever you see the word “dissertation”, you know it’s going to be a long read. Hear me out. Photo credit Couponing is all the rage these days. From reality shows about couponing to websites that focus primarily on coupon savings, there isn’t anyone immune to at least a basic knowledge about much money can be [...]
I LOVE new construction. I hate new construction….. OK, I love what follows construction and that’s progress! I purposely haven’t bored you to tears with every detail of our barn building this year, but I hope that pictures of all the trenching that’s been going on here for the last couple of weeks makes you [...]
Most people hate weeds, myself included…until today. As gardening season is upon us, I’ve had my hands in the dirt this weekend longing for growth. While I’ve had very good success with my soil, I must admit that I’ve often wondered what the true conditions of my soil were. Succumbing to my curiosity, I purchased a soil [...]
What a wonderful week of learning and accomplishment it’s been! This is my good friend, Bonnie. I love her to pieces. We’ve been talking about making soap together with her “mamaw’s” recipe for quite a while now and this week, we finally got around to it. It is in the garage “curing” for about a [...]
Living in a small, farm town offers lots of opportunites to try different things! Being around other 4H families last year opened up another world of possibilities that I didn’t even know existed! My 4H group was amazing for turning up all sorts of critters to swap and buy, as well as the many [...]
I hope and pray that I never take life so seriously that I forget to play. I’ll admit, playing doesn’t come natural for me, I have to work at it. But there’s something about the screams and squeals of my peeps that pulls me off my comfortable couch and beckons me outside to partake in the madness. [...]
As I take this week to set my 2012 goals, it only makes sense to include some reflection on last years goals. Assessing what was accomplished, why or why not and looking forward all have a place in setting goals for your life and/or homestead. Yesterday you heard me talking about healing and resting during [...]
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