My homemaking goals for 2024 are focused on using non-toxic products, creating less waste, and making more foods from scratch. The end of 2023 got very busy for me, and we fell into some bad habits as a family…

The 2023 garden season has been unusually dry for where I live, and for many other people as well. This summer, many regions that usually experience very hot dry summers have experienced more rain and cooler temperatures…

When I started my garden I didn’t know much, and these are a a few habits I wish I had started before I entered my first garden season! Whether you want to be super prepared for your first garden or if you are in a season of life where you are not yet able to start that garden you dream of, this a list of a few things you can start doing now to prepare you for all the work of gardening…

We all have garden failures. Plants die, seeds don’t germinate, bugs and other pests eat our harvests. But it is okay, and any experienced gardener will tell you that. You cannot get all the information you need to have a successful garden from a seed packet, blog post, or even a class…

I have been building/growing my garden for the past two years, and it has all been on a budget. Often times when you are looking for tips on gardening, it comes from people who have been gardening for years or even decades and their gardens are large and well established. As an aspiring gardener, it can be discouraging looking at these lavish gardens setups, thinking to yourself, how much you will have to invest to have a garden like that…

Make Your Own Cleaning Products. Thinking about switching out all your cleaning products to homemade natural products can be daunting! Try starting with one swap at a time, and soon enough preparing these cleaning products will be second nature. Start with an all-purpose cleaner…

In 2022, I started my first vegetable garden! I have been a houseplant owner/fanatic for years but caring for a garden was very different! I am still learning, and my opinions might even change by next season, but with just a couple months of this gardening journey I have already learned so much…

This year we started our garden journey. We had to take building this garden slowly, DIY everything, and use the resources we had in order to stay within our budget. No one is going to have the same situation as us, or have the same resources, but I want to share to inspire and encourage you to figure out what supplies you may already have for your garden so that the whole process may seem less daunting and expensive.