We’re officially in mid-winter and if you’re like me, you may be getting a little restless. Mid-winter is the perfect time to start planning your garden, as you can take your time and be intentional, all while being proactive. It’s best to start preparing early, so that you’re not inundated with gardening tasks come spring,…
If you’re like me, having a visibly clean home is non-negotiable. When sheets start to look a bit dingy, I can hardly stand it. After some trial and error, I finally landed on this solution for how to whiten laundry naturally. My go-to whitening formula is natural and toxin-free and it totally gets the job…
Growing up – I grew up in a tiny town in Michigan, called Vermontville. My parents moved us out to the country because they longed for a more natural life. My dad at the time was a successful salesman and my mom was a stay at home mom. They bought ten acres and built a…
The Matriarchs “St. Francis of Assisi explains the creative process this way: the woman who works with her hands only is a laborer; the woman who works with her hands and her head is a craftswoman; the woman who works with her hands, her head, and her heart is an artist.” ― Sarah Ban Breathnach,…
Nothing is worse than going to do a load of laundry and finding out you’re out of detergent. A quick run to your local grocery store, will leave you with only a few options that are actually natural… if any. Plus, many detergent companies use greenwashing to make you think you’re choosing something that is…
What better modern homesteading skill is there to learn than how to make soap? Although many of us are accustomed to liquid soap and even fragrant, foamy soap, bar soap that is all natural is not that difficult to make and smells beautiful. Plus, when you make homemade soap you can be sure to avoid…
If you live in a dry area, or you’ve left your wooden utensils to soak in water for too long, you may find that they have become sandpapery and dry. If you’re like me, you have a bunch of wooden spoons that you love, but sometimes neglect. They end up sitting on your counter looking…
Do you think of things like body scrub and bath bombs as an unnatural luxury? Think again! Learn how to make beautiful, all-natural bathbombs and enjoy a little more self care time. You’ll need a few ingredients you might not have on hand– like citric acid, but once you’ve got what you need, you’ll be…
We live in a time where everything is super accessible. We no longer need to knit our own sweaters, or make our own laundry baskets. And while the accessibility we have is a gift, we have lost something beautiful while getting here. The number of skilled artisans is slowly dwindling as handmade goods have been…
“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extra-ordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through.” Katherine May It’s winter time, and for many of us, especially those of…
