Simplify Your Life With These 12 Old-Fashion Things
Simplify Your Life … Old-Fashion Style We live in a world of microwaves, electric coffee pots, T.V.’s and cell phones, but that doesn’t mean we have to use everything at our disposal. There are ways to simplify your life to the simpler side of...
Strawberry Blueberry Pie from my Farmhouse Kitchen
Homemade Strawberry Blueberry Pie In the south, it’s strawberry time. Strawberry jam, strawberry shortcake and my favorite strawberry blueberry pie! Nothing says spring on the farm more than the sweet smell of strawberries simmering on the stove. The smell takes...
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 watching me play in the yard of my grandmother’s house. I don’t remember talking to her, but I can still see her...
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 accomplishment and contentment attached to doing the work God put me on this earth to do. Whether you work from...
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 and beauty beeswax lip balm recipe. I get pretty fussy about what I put on my lips so I don’t mind taking the...
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.