We have lived in our new construction home for a little over a year now, and it has been nothing short of amazing. Purchasing your first house is such a milestone, and we were somehow both lucky and blessed to be able to not only purchase, but to build our first home! Now that we …
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Do you have a wood stove or fireplace that’s busy making buckets of ash for you? Do you have soap making pioneer-woman dreams? Do you want to be frugal and awesome and a total homestead-junky? Do you want to know how to make Lye from scratch? Well, don’t ask me how, because I don’t know. …
Hey I’m not knocking great value. I love Walmart. But Walmart doesn’t sell handmade goats milk soap… My sister in law and I were discussing the different types of soap people. There’s Meleluca subscription soap people. Then there’s dollar store soap people. Then there’s me. I want the “meleluca soap” for the $0.99 price. When …
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I have an abundance of wild mustard growing around our homestead property. Let me show you how to harvest mustard seed, it’s not hard to do! If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be …
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Was that a click-baity title or what? 😂 We just got back from a minor thrift store shopping excursion and although I went in looking for some spring-appropriate jammies for my kids, I left with three bags full, and accidentally also bought myself two pairs of boots. Funny how that always happens… While I was …
Chicken Salad, A Thrift Haul, and Window-Sill-Lettuce: How I’m Saving Money This Spring Read More »
Winter doesn’t have to mean “no more gardening”. Winter is a GREAT time for gardeners. Sure, the plowing, planting, and picking slows down (or stops), but during the busy season when there seems to be TOO much to do and too little time to do it, those winter months are the perfect time to catch …
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The newly appointed cleaning supplies cabinet in our laundry room didn’t have any kind of lock or latch on it, and with babies crawling around I didn’t want to take the risk of them getting into it. I needed a way to ward off those grabby baby hands! The plastic child safety latches I have …
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What does the Bible say about planting? One way I love to study the Bible is to search for verses about certain topics. Today I am sharing these 11 essential Bible verses about gardening, flowers, sowing seeds, plants, and the harvest. Yes, even the potting shed or barn could use a little inspirational decorating, and …
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