Simple Living

Category: Simple Living

I'm reminded of all that God created when I'm outside, with the rush of air over my skin, the warmth of the sun, the chill of the rain, the sharp jut of mountains against the sky. All of these wonders came to be by His word. It leaves me in awe. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How Growing a Garden Nourishes the Soul

Finding Friends & Freedom In A Restricted Diet | I'm sharing from my heart about my real food journey and how I somehow found both freedom and friends in places I least expected. I pray you will find encouragement and hope if you find yourself feeling alone, unsupported, or deprived. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Finding Friends & Freedom in a Restricted Diet

This month marks three years since we purchased our land and built a simple farmhouse. I want to share what we learned, what we love about our home, and what we wish we had done differently. Imagine yourself dropping by for a visit and a cup of tea. Don't mind the dogs -- they are friendly -- and please overlook the mess. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Building the Home on our Homestead: Our Experience

Raw Milk Q&A | Switching to raw milk is a good starting place for many newly health-conscious families. I went to one raw milk-producing family farm, Fall Creek Farms in TN, to ask important questions: Is it safe? Is it from a good source? How long does it last? Why is it more expensive? and more! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Raw Milk Q & A

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot | “The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.” --Wendell Berry. Just like everything else, it’s a journey beginning at your own front door. Here are a few ideas to help you Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot in your own home, neighborhood, and town. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot: The Four Rs of Conservation

Learning to Let Go of Perfection | “Simple living stress syndrome” is a phenomenon I discovered shortly after our transition into a simple life -- and it's triggered by unnecessary "noise". To let go and reduce the noise, I focused on three homestead zones -- the garden, the kitchen, and the home -- where I looked for ways to reduce the noise and the stress. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Learning to Let Go of Perfection

We purchased our home thrilled with everything about it -- except the busy road on which it is situated. Instead of bemoaning our problem, we've been thinking of ways to turn the lemon of traffic into lemonade. ;) This is the story of how our family's entrepreneurial spirit is blooming.

A Family Entrepreneurial Spirit

It's just a fact of life... Odds and ends, junk piles, dirt piles, you name it. Any homesteader would agree, because gardening, caring for livestock, and living on a shoestring doesn't always allow for the minimalist approach! Here are 14 inexpensive (or free) items I always keep around...

Don’t Throw That Away! 14 Useful Items to Repurpose or Purchase Inexpensively

4 Things I'm Loving This Fall | Dishcloths, a Dazey butter churn, no-knead einkorn bread, and a mulberry silk eye mask... what do these all have in common? They're the things I'm loving this Fall! Find out why in today's podcast -- plus for more info, check out the links and photos. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/129

4 Things I’m Loving This Fall (KYF129)

You hear it again and again in homesteading circles... Loss is inevitable. And that makes caring for any living thing emotionally challenging. Can these hard times teach us anything? Difficult as it is, the answer is yes.

5 Lessons from Loss on the Homestead

Have you felt overwhelmed what others say you should be doing, yet you have trouble managing it all? Keeping up can be discouraging and depressing. Yet, real food is not God and we should take care not to obsess over it to the point we put it on a pedestal. Instead...

Can Real Food Become An Idol?

6 Winter Care Tips for Chickens

6 Winter Care Tips for Chickens

Are you ready to be inspired with herbal gift ideas that are beautiful, thoughtful, healthy, and homemade? You've come to the right place! We've gathered 20 homemade herbal gifts -- including teas, salves, and culinary creations -- for everyone on your list.

20 Homemade Herbal Gifts

The Unspeakable Gift of Jesus {Merry Christmas} | God's word says of the gift of Jesus, "Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift." (2 Corinthians 9:15) Do you have words sufficient to express how great a gift Jesus is? I don't! Today, may I simply wish you a Christmas where your hearts are fixed on the greatest -- unspeakable -- gift of Jesus. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

The Unspeakable Gift of Jesus {Merry Christmas}

Your Word For 2016, Plus SMART Goals | At the beginning of each year, I like to choose a word. It’s usually very personal and has to do with my character or what I need in my heart. In 2012, I chose Grace. In 2013 and 2014, I chose Confidence. In 2015, I chose Best. This year, I’m choosing…. First, a story. Plus, we're talking about making SMART goals. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/144

Your Word For 2016, Plus SMART Goals (KYF144)

The “Made-From-Scratch” Life (KYF146)

(Pt. 1) All I Need To Know I Learned In The Kitchen {Kitchen Rules 1-5} | We spend a lot of time in the kitchen, don't we? Yet in the kitchen, so much more happens than just cooking. We also nurture relationships with our family and friends. Whether we grow into who God wants us to be through how we handle tasks, failures, and successes. So here are 5 "kitchen rules" -- words to live by... in the kitchen! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/150

(Pt. 1) All I Really Need To Know… I Learned In The Kitchen {Kitchen Rules 1 to 5} (KYF150)

(Pt. 2) All I Need To Know I Learned In The Kitchen {Kitchen Rules 6-10} | We spend a lot of time in the kitchen, don't we? Yet in the kitchen, so much more happens than just cooking. We also nurture relationships with our family and friends. Whether we grow into who God wants us to be through how we handle tasks, failures, and successes. So here are 5 more "kitchen rules" -- words to live by... in the kitchen! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/151

(Pt. 2) All I Really Need To Know… I Learned In The Kitchen {Kitchen Rules 6 to 10} (KYF151)

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