Natural Living

“I live in the garden; I just sleep in the house.” ~Jim Long I can think of only a few things more enjoyable than gardening. Even when I was a young child, I have memories of begging my Mom to buy me a few tomato plants and seeds! Outside in my little backyard garden — …

[T]he title of today’s piece was the first sentence in an email that I received earlier this week. It’s a phase that I screamed for years prior to taking the “Stay-at-Home Mom” plunge just nine months ago. As I began to formulate a response to this sweet Mother’s plea for help, I found myself re-living my …

[A]fter stripping away the excess and learning to embrace simple living, our family has successfully converted a super small suburban backyard into a year-round food producing machine — complete with raised beds, fruit trees, an edible landscape, and chickens. We have now begun to shift our focus toward energy elements and we’re learning to combat higher utility costs. …

[I] love making my own homemade cleaners — so much so I even wrote a book about it! Homemade cleaners are frugal, less toxic and the process of making them is oh so empowering. With only a few simple ingredients, I am able to clean every room in my house. I know as long as I have my own …

[T]here are those moments in our lives when everything changes and we know we’ll never be the same — without a doubt one of those moments for me happened after reading Surviving Off Off-Grid, by Michael Bunker. Unlike any other book on the subject, the historical facts laid out in the book combined with a Biblical perspective and practical tips for …

[C]an we become too frugal…too self-sufficient? Is it possible, as one reader commented, to get trapped in the “you can do it all” mentality like the generation before us did with the “you can have it all” mentality? If only there was a simple yes or no answer. Many of us, when we hear or read …