Clothesline Revolution
My Grandmother’s Old Fashioned Clothesline As a child, I have fond memories of running between the lines of clothes drying on my Grandmothers clothesline. She was a homemaker and lived on a busy street, so we often were confined to the side yard while my...
DIY Citrus Multi-purpose Kitchen Spray
If you thought that citrus fruits can only be eaten, you thought wrong. They can make wonderful all-purpose cleaners to use around the kitchen and – why not – the whole house. The next time you want to toss your orange peels in the garbage, think twice. You can use...
6 Helpful Hints from The Farmers Almanac
I just love to read the Farmers’ Almanac, I learn so many great things each time I pick up that little book. Much of what I read I remember hearing from my grandmothers, so I guess it is like walking down memory lane for me. I just came across an old calendar...
How to Clean an Iron – Make it Just Like New
Have you been here? It’s ten minutes before church and your hubby puts on a pair of pants he hasn’t worn in a long while and the legs have hanger creases on them. Being a good wife there is no way you can let him leave the house with wrinkled pants,...
Daily Cleaning Schedule – Step-by-Step
A day by day cleaning schedule I have to admit I am a side-tracker! My husband teases me all the time and it’s well deserved. I may start one project and get side-tracked within minutes by starting another. In order for me to keep to my daily...
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.