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...
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...
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...
How to Simplify Your Life – Amish Style
You don’t need to be Amish to learn how to simplify your life. Those of you who follow this blog know that I admire the Amish way of life, their simple ways of putting the Lord and family first and not adhering to any socialist way of life is appealing to me. As...
A Simpler Way of Life – A Walk Through My Day
Living a Simple Life “The smell of freshly baked bread, a simple walk to the mailbox and laundry drying in the sun are just a few things that keep me grounded to a simpler way of life.” If you’re just embarking on a simpler way of life I invite you...
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.