We got tired of spending over $1-a-bar for soap several weeks ago, so we started looking around for ways to make soap at home. Most soapmaking was either dangerous — “lye can cause an explosion” — or too time-consuming — “let the soap cure for 30-days.” So, we kept looking until we found the perfect [...]
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Soap-making in 4 easy steps
Posted in do-it-ourselves, projects, simple things, Uncategorized, tagged clearly natural soaps, do-it-yourself, glycerin soap, melt and pour soap, soap, soapmaking, soapmaking at home on June 13, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Back to the rhythm of ordinary
Posted in animals, food, garden, projects, vegetables, tagged bluebirds, community center, gardening, herb garden, honey, local produce, rat snakes, small town homestead, strawberries, vegetable gardening on May 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What a week this has been! Last Saturday, after picking up some homegrown strawberries and honey from the bees of our friends, Carson and Jean, we spent the afternoon working in the garden. That evening we checked our bluebird box where a bluebird couple was raising a batch of 4 new babies. As Debbie peeked [...]
It’s not that easy being green
Posted in animals, garden, good thoughts, labyrinth, projects, vegetables, tagged Clemson home and garden information center, container gardening, organic gardening, organic soil mix, problem with mulch, raised beds, vegetable garden on April 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Kermit’s right…it’s not that easy being green! Yesterday we noticed that the mulch we put around our organic raised bed garden last Saturday had turned every blade of grass it touched a very dead shade of beige. What made matters even worse…we had used mulch under each bed to level it. Had we just poisoned [...]
The garden ready for spring
Posted in do-it-ourselves, garden, good thoughts, projects, vegetables, weather, tagged compost, deer proof garden, garden fence, garden gate, growing mix, homesteading, mulch, organic compost, peat moss, square foot garden, sustainable life, vermiculite on March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here in southern Virginia, the last frost date is about May 1, so we’re not quite ready to stick plants or seeds in the ground yet, but when the time comes, the garden is ready! Debbie and I spent all day last Saturday in 45-degree weather finishing up the square-foot garden plot. Spring seemed very [...]
Square-foot garden taking shape
Posted in animals, do-it-ourselves, garden, projects, vegetables, tagged DIY, do-it-yourself, gardening, organic gardening, pretty kitty, raised beds, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, simple life, square foot garden, sustainable life, vegetable bed preparation, vegetable garden on March 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Debbie and I assembled the raised bed boxes for our square-foot vegetable garden yesterday and today. Here’s what we used: Eight 8′ rough sawn 2x8s. Cost: $54.00 32 galvanized lag bolts. Cost $21.00 17′ of 48″ wide hardware cloth (wire mesh). Cost $34.00 34′ of 36″ wide landscape fabric. Cost: $16.50 Total cost was $125.50. [...]
First snow of the year
Posted in projects, weather, tagged backyard, edens path, garden, raised beds, snow, square foot garden, weather on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
View of the backyard covered with snow. Last Thursday it snowed. Actually, snow started falling Wednesday night after church and continued until we had a little over an inch. Not much, but it was the first snowfall of the year, so everybody was excited. School was cancelled, kids made small snowmen, and it was a [...]
Welcome to Eden’s Path
Posted in flowers, food, good thoughts, labyrinth, projects, vegetables, tagged creation care, gardening, God's guidance, good life, homesteading, labyrinth, simple life, spend less, sustainable living on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here we are after we built our backyard labyrinth! Hi, we’re Debbie and Chuck, and this blog is about our journey to simplify our lives and live in the rhythm of God’s grace. Join us here at Eden’s Path, as we move toward a life that is both gentle and sustainable. We’re trying to spend [...]
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