Living a Simple Life
Posts tagged ‘homesteading’
Homesteading, Back-To-The-Land, Rural Skills, Foodie, Self Sufficiency Books
When we bought “the farm” it was our intent to put our city house up for sale and maybe live in it for another year while waiting for a buyer. To our surprise, someone snatched up our little wannabe-urban-homestead the 2nd week it was on the market. Unprepared, we rented a duplex and found a caretaker for our new 15-acre property on the other side of the country.
How To Make Your Own Soap
In the video below I demonstrate a very simple homemade soap recipe using lye, lard, coconut oil, peppermint oil and food coloring. Homesteaders used to get lye from dripping water through wood ashes, and lard from butchering and/or cooking animals. Although I’d like to try it the old-fashioned way eventually, we’re sticking with store-bought lye and lard for now.
A Few Things to Check Out…
I am totally swamped these days with the Homesteading Group, turning my front yard into a low-water, edible landscape, tilling up my back yard, taking care of the animals, working at work, working on my own websites at home, buying a farm in Virginia… It’s crazy! But that’s the way I like it. 
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