If you've followed this blog for a while, you likely know that I derive more satisfaction and joy from homemade cleaning concoction t...

Throughout my childhood, we had a clothesline. It was just out the back door of the house, right past the laundry room. In many ways, t...

A couple fairly new developments, resulting from Christmas gifts I got a couple months ago: One -- I'm kinda sorta falling in lov...

Back in 2010, I made laundry detergent for the first time.  I felt so self-sufficient and pioneery. I was amazed that it worked! Then I ...

Don't you find it interesting/awesome that citrus fruit comes in season when we need it most? These delicious fruits, packed full...

My husband teases me whenever we go grocery shopping because I usually buy more gallons of vinegar than gallons of milk.  I tell him that ...

I barely knitted all summer. It just feels weird to knit scarves, hats, socks, and the like when temperatures are in the high 90s. Then my...

It was pretty much a perfect afternoon. My parents decided to take all the grandkids to a gorgeous local garden. They ran all over the ...

Spring makes me giddy. The boys and I have spent the last couple days out in the garden, digging, planting, and playing in the mud. How we...

I'm going to risk sounding a little odd: I get pretty excited over homemade cleaning concoctions. Some vinegar here, some baking soda th...