Teaching the Next Generation of Homemakers
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How To Dye Eggs Naturally
Dye Easter Eggs Naturally What happens when your eggs are all boiled, dried and ready to color and you have no egg dye? You go all...
All I Want to be is a Housewife
As a little girl, all I wanted to be was a housewife. What I dreamed of was being an old-fashion homemaker. I found comfort in programs like Little...
Which Organic Foods Should You Buy
I just read a study on which organic foods we should buy. I was shocked at the pesticides, additives, and hormones that are used to grow them. I...
Homemade Laundry Detergent Like Your Grandmother Used
Could you do laundry as your great grandmother did? I only have one memory of my great grandmother. It was her standing in an upstairs window...
A Look out my Kitchen Window
Everyday the view out my window looks different. The sky may be a pretty shade of pink when the sun is about to set or it may be a bright...
5 Steps to Happy Homemaking
I'm happy being a homemaker I wake up every day thankful God made me a woman and I take my role as a homemaker seriously. I have a real sense of...
Simple Beeswax Lip Balm Recipe
This simple lip balm recipe is super simple! I always feel like a scientist when I dig out my test tube holder and start mixing up my special health...
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.
