Stressed? – 6 Ways to Add Peace to Your Life
We have all been there! Stressed, overwhelmed and that horrible feeling that our life is spinning out of control! I don’t know about you, but I was on a fast moving train ready to crash six years ago. I have since jumped off and have learned and...
Learn to Live on Less – A Simpler Lifestyle
Learning to Live on Less The homesteading movement is taking shape in communities across the country. Many people are being inspired to live a simpler life while learning to be more self-sufficient. Many families are tired of the fast-paced lifestyle and are choosing...
How to Get Started Living a Simple Life
Living a simple life happens in many forms, but for us, it means relying on ourselves for everything we need. Hubby and I spent a day chopping and stacking firewood last week, and while we were working quietly together I got to thinking about how our lives have...
10 Things to Purge – Simplified Living
Finding Things to Purge Something happens to me when the calendar changes and a new year begins. I get this uncontrollable urge to purge things that are lingering around me. I can walk around my home today and see corners and drawers bursting at the seams just...
Simple Christmas Tree – A Frugal Homesteader
Keeping the spirit of the season with a simple Christmas tree. Living on a farm, and being very frugal we have had to learn to live on what the farm provides for us and Christmas time is no different! The price tag of a fresh cut tree from our local tree farm...
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.