Learn how to make easy homemade vanilla sugar using leftover vanilla beans—perfect for coffee, baking, and gifting. I’m sharing my favorite method using raw sugar, plus a tip on what to do with those vanilla pods. Don’t feel like making it? You can also grab a jar of my small-batch vanilla sugar!
An easy, simple method for making an almost off-grid soap with 3 simple ingredients: tallow, water and lye.
*this post may contain affiliate links*I’ve been baking sourdough since 2019. Yes, I am a COVID sourdough baker. But guess what? WE’RE STILL HERE BAKING THAT DOUGH! Maybe just not posting as much since now our lives are back to normal. All of that to say, my dough has flopped many a times. It happens…
*this post contains affiliate links* I just got back from canning with a friend. I love that we can do this, it makes canning such much less annoying and more fun. We were cracking jokes, talking, or quietly working together while the kids played, alllllll day. It was so wonderful! But every year I can…
Well, that’s debatable. And as someone who is very good at seeing both sides, I’m here to debate it with myself for you. It’s a confusing time to live in. Grains are bad by half of the diets out there. And yet grains are ever so important in other cultures (and even within history!). For…
*this post may contain affiliate links* Hello all, and also, hello fall! I hope everyone is having a very restful and slow September! The month is almost over, and I feel so recharged and refreshed from all the slowing down. It kind of helped that I was sick this past week, so I really couldn’t…
*This post may contain affiliate links* Today marks the first day of September. And for a lot of us that mean back to the daily grind of juggling homeschooling and homemaking. Personally, I love this time of year, making new plans for our homeschool days (as if I didn’t already plan that back in April),…
I’ve really been trying to focus more on making a lot of the products that we use every day. Keep your eyes peeled for future blog posts where I will share how to make toothpaste, soap, bug spray, and maybe I’ll even figure out shampoo and conditioner. There are a few reasons why I like…
*This post may contain affiliate links* Have you ever felt just straight up overwhelmed with the demands of life? Me, too. The cooking, the cleaning, the sibling fights, the wife duties, the paperwork, the homeschooling, the side hustles, the laundry, the animals, the house, the field trips, the… the… Everything. The list goes on and…
*This post contains affiliate links* AKA Herbschooling. Herbschooling is just a fancy way of saying, “we’re studying herbs and their medicinal properties”. I’ve always dreamed of being an herbalist, like how cool is it to find something growing outside and make it into a balm, soap or tea?! Except, I didn’t know where to start. …
