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Are You on a Quest for a Simple Life?
This is how our simple life started. I remember the moment like it was yesterday... My husband and I were in our office, the phones were ringing, his beeper was buzzing, there was a client waiting downstairs, and our assistant had just called off. I looked up from a...
5 Simple Steps to Simple Living
Simple Living Tips While living in a modern world I often feel pulled by my reliance on modern technology and appliances. No matter how hard I try to do without many of the conveniences that surround me, I still find myself drawn to so many things. Things...
How to Make Homemade Bread Step by Step
How to make homemade bread? It is not as hard as you think! This is my favorite recipe for Honey White Wheat Bread and a step-by-step guide to making your first, hot from the oven, loaf of homemade bread. There is nothing like the smell of yeast rising or the fresh...
33 Homemade Cleaners – Non Toxic All Natural Cleaning
Have you ever walked down the cleaning aisle at the supermarket and been overwhelmed with all the different kinds of cleaners? The choices are endless, but what is also endless is the list of ingredients and harmful chemicals that are used to make those...
Beginners Guide to Raising Goats
Quick Start Guide to Raising Goats I've always wanted to add goats to our homestead but was always a little nervous since I knew nothing about goats. As a kid, the only memory of having goats on our farm was that of coming home from church to find a goat standing on...
75 Pantry Staples Every Cook Needs
Are you working towards a well-stocked pantry? Spending time in the kitchen is so much more enjoyable if you have all the pantry staples you need at your fingertips. Making sure you have a well-stocked pantry will make whipping up a healthy meal for your family quick...
Discover 50 Frugal Living Tips
We all could use a few new frugal living tips... I remember when we first started to build our farm money was tight and every penny had to be accounted for. Over the years I’ve collected hundreds of ways to be frugal. Some of the frugal living tips I’ve used are...
Downshifting to a Simpler Life in 9 Simple Steps
Start downshifting your life to a slower pace. Maybe you’re looking for a way to reconnect with your family or find a way to relax and unwind from the stress of everyday life. If we’re honest, most of us would say that life is complicated, parenting is exhausting,...
50 Household Tips Every Homemaker Needs to Know
My favorite household tips I've been a homemaker for my whole life. It started early on when I'd line my dolls up at my play kitchen table and make them breakfast. It's all I've ever wanted to be and it's the one thing I can say I excel at. Over the years...
Easy Apple Crisp – Old Fashioned Recipe
Old Fashioned Apple Crisp from my Grandmother's Recipe Box Nothing makes a house feel more like a home than the smell of something baking in the oven! With a hint of fall in the air, I spent the day in the kitchen filling my house with warm cinnamon and apple...
Frosted Sugar Cookies – Old Fashion Cut-outs
Frosted Sugar Cookie Recipe - Grandma's Recipe It wouldn't be a holiday if I didn't bring out the old-fashion cookie cutters and make my favorite frosted sugar cookies. Every holiday at my house is celebrated with an array of yummy sugar cookies decorated for...
Preserving Vegetables – Harvesting Your Garden
Preserving Vegetables to Last all Winter Long You've spent months planning, planting, growing, watering, fertilizing and now your garden is producing baskets of fresh vegetables you can start preserving. I bet you agree there's nothing like the flavor of homegrown...
Fall Scents – Add the Smell of Fall to Your Home
DIY Fall Scents Made Easy You've gone to the pumpkin farm, picked out the perfect jack-o'-lantern, carved it to perfection and now have it displayed proudly on your front porch or dining room table. Now it's time to enjoy the fall scents of pumpkin spice. ...
30 Self-Sufficient Living Tips
Have you been dreaming of living more self-sufficient? Maybe your dream is to leave the rat-race behind and learn how to be more responsible for your own well-being? If so, I am here to tell you it is possible to achieve your dreams! There's no particular guide I can...
How to Keep Homemade Bread Fresh – My Little Secret
The secret to keeping your homemade bread fresher longer. I've been making homemade bread for years and I've tried many recipes. Some have made it and some I've never made again, but the one thing they all had in common was, they all dried out way too soon! It's...
Living a Simple Life – Our Simple Living Story
Greetings from our little part of the world, in the Upstate of South Carolina to be exact. We are so excited to share with you that we have finally found a new (to us anyway) homestead. 2019 - God willing ...forever. We have found a very lonely 1890 cotton farm that...
5 Reusable Frugal Living Ideas
Frugal Living Tips One of my favorite go-to books is The Complete Tightwad Gazette. I never get tired of reading through the pages and pages of frugal living ideas. Even though the edition I have is over 15 years old, most of Amy Dacyczyn's tips still...
Homemade Beeswax Hand Lotion
From hive to honey to hands with homemade beeswax hand lotion Our bees have been busy making honey and filling our hive box with all-natural beeswax hand lotion. I have to say beekeeping is one of the most rewarding aspects of homesteading. I remember the first time...
7 Ways on How to Enjoy Life
Looking for some simple ways on how to enjoy life? Do you have that yucky feeling way down deep? Does your life feel out of balance and you just can’t put your finger on it? Do you feel like you’re missing something, but you don’t know what that something is?...
How to Explain Easter to Your Children
Easter is filled with candy, colored eggs, food, and a few toys but the real reason we celebrate Easter should never be forgotten. The Easter story can be disturbing, but I found a way to make it fun and make the outcome something kids can remember. This is how to...
Hidden away in the Upstate of South Carolina is a little farm where we call home. Surrounded by century-old pecan and oak trees, we live on a 120-year-old homestead. By the grace of God, we were called to restore this 1890 farmhouse along with its barns, gardens and long-forgotten cotton field to its original working farm. Dedicating ourselves to reusing, recycling and making do we are living a very simple life building our backyard farm.
