Sometimes adding a touch of modern helps our homestead thrive in so many new ways. It can ease stress and help the flow of the operation run smooth. I have found so many products this past year that have made…
5 Ways to Use and Preserve Your Extra Produce
Though this is being written before the growing season has fully commenced, there is never a time too early to learn how to use up and preserve your produce. Often times, when at a loss, we end up wasting quality…
How to Make Newspaper Seedling Pots
It’s Spring and time for planting seeds, which will eventually be a delicious meal on our table. Potting seeds and watching them grow is so fulfilling. One thing I can’t get past is using plastic pots to watch the process….
5 Practical Ways To Begin Living Simpler
“Practical Simple Living Tips”. When I began my simple living journey I clicked on every post with this title that came up on my Pinterest feed. But I was often let down by the content with which I was provided….
The BEST Four Ingredient Homemade Oven Cleaner
Oven grease feels unconquerable when it comes to cleaning. We often wonder if our ovens will ever look the same again once it’s got some use in it. Many people try to convince us that the best way to go…
Five Ways to Protect Your Garden from Frost
With the recent cold spell across the nation so many have been worried about protecting their gardens from being damaged as a result. Living in a colder climate I have learned different ways and found different products to protect plants…
6 Alternatives to Plastic Pots for Your Vegetable Starts
It’s no surprise to us when we hear how much plastic is used to make and package everything we consume, wear, and eat. But it seems to me counterintuitive that we use plastic so much in our endeavors to create,…
The Best Homemade Carpet Cleaner
I would say everyone who has carpet at one point in their life has struggled with stains or odor impossible to remove. Store bought cleaners aren’t always the solution to bring that perfect carpet back- it rarely is for me….
3 Things I Don’t Downsize as a Minimalist
As a minimalist we are always trying to downsize. We love to collect memories not things, we long to eliminate the clutter and mess in our homes- but less isn’t always more when it comes to specific things. This is…
The Best Tried-and-True Germination Test
Though we usually associate gardening with the (late Spring &) Summer months of the year- Winter and early Spring are a great time for garden preparation. Besides planning your garden layout, ordering seeds, fertilizer and soil, testing the germination of…
5 Simple Living Tips & Lifestyle Changes
In this crazy world- full of busy schedules, expensive living costs, major societal problems and standards, and political unrest- so many are turning to simpler and more traditional lifestyles. It’s exactly what I did four years ago- and continue to…
13 of The Best Backyard Vegetable Garden Must Have’s
January though April, more than ever, is the best time to plan and prepare for your Backyard Vegetable Garden this year! This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my link, at…