Natural Living

Container gardens. Small spaces. High yields. Are you new to gardening? Or perhaps…you’re looking for easy to grow varieties of fruits and vegetables that will provide you the most abundant harvest while requiring minimal effort? The following fruits and vegetables are ones that I have found to be best suited for a variety of growing …

Here’s a recipe I make, and ingredients I keep handy, all winter all year round. This stuff’s amazing! And because flu season seems to be upon us, I had to share it. Along with my arsenal of: Homemade Herbal Cold Care Capsules Elderberry Syrup Natural Antibiotic Alternatives dōTERRA™ Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade™ essential oils and supplements of …

There are few things as empowering as collecting eggs from your very own backyard chickens. In fact, chickens are often referred to as the “gateway” homesteading animal. In other words, once you raise chickens…the gates of self-sufficient living are opened wide to a plethora of options that lead us gently on a path toward independence. Urban …

While I eagerly await the coming of spring…these days are not wasted! I am busy planning for the gardening season that lies ahead and all the goodness that will be my future harvest. This year, two garden bed measuring one hundred square feet of growing space — along with pots galore — will make up …

I have a new obsession… …this handcrafted salt & oatmeal body scrub! There’s a jar of the scrub by the sink and a jar in the shower. My skin is rejoicing! So much so, it’s literally glowing. Not to mention, coming in and washing up from my daily ranch chores, the grime and dirt come right …

Two things I highly value…one, my time; two, preparing nutritionally dense, toxin-free foods for my family. Those two things haven’t always come together in balance. That was until I discovered the VitaClay® Smart Organic Multicooker. I’m in love I tell you! Here at the ranch, LOTS of my time and energy goes into chemical-free, preservative-free food production. Whether …