sustainable living, homesteading, sustainable homemaking
I’ve bought them for years and years and have never really given disposable razors a second thought….until now. Like most of you, I have been quite aware of the increasing prices of groceries overall. I gasp and nearly choke as price increases each week at the store don’t even have the decency to be ‘subtle’ anymore. [...]
I don’t like to wear skirts and dresses….they make me uncomfortable. Oh, did I mention my lovely varicose veins that were bequeathed upon me by my fore-mothers?? Yeah, stick with the pants, Kelly. Most of the time, in fall and winter, you will find me in a comfortable pair of jeans and a knit sweater [...]
“Hello, my name is Kelly and I’m afraid of knitting”….. That was my story just a few months ago. Really???!!! Afraid??!! Of yarn?! Yep. Scared me to death. Not the yarn, per se, the potential for failure. The very high likelihood that I could look “stupid” kept me from learning a skill that I really wanted to [...]
As a mother to 6 boys, I am well acquainted with worn-out knees! Can anyone relate? Kids can be so hard on clothes! Especially now that we’re out in the country, the stains are another major laundry issue, but that’s another post. For today, I want to share my first line of defense for [...]
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 [...]
I love homemade Christmas decorations, especially when they look fabulous! Those of you who know me personally are probably chuckling to yourself about now. Yes, it’s true that I’m not very creative. However, I love texture and color, so there’s hope for me. I’m also a “recovering perfectionist” so crafts that involved a lot of [...]
God has such an interesting way of teaching me about this homesteading life. Just as I begin to think I know a little something, He’ll show me a perspective that I hadn’t seen before. Coming through the “back door” of my life, through our adoption of three Ethiopian siblings 2 1/2 years ago, He has [...]
“Country Living” grain mill from Urban Homemaker. The decision has been made….I went manual. The warnings have been plentiful. Those very warnings have kept me in limbo for many months. “It’s so hard to grind your own grain by hand, you’ll hate it!” “No one in their right mind would get one of those!” “You’re [...]
Jump for joy! Goats are awesome! Photo credit Announcing the release of the latest “A Year on a Homestead” video, “Getting Started with Dairy Goats“. You’ve never had fun until you’ve run around and played with goats! Our goats have been a wonderful investment for a self-sustaining lifestyle, yet, they’ve been such a blast for [...]
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