Friday morning Chuck and I made the short trip to Allen’s farm to pick blueberries. We bought a small chest freezer the day before and couldn’t wait to fill it with summer goodies we could enjoy all winter long. Chuck and I had never even seen a blueberry bush, much less picked them…so this was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘simple life’
Picking and freezing blueberries
Posted in food, garden, simple things, tagged blueberries, blueberry farm, freezing blueberries, picking blueberries, simple life on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Reel mower and flame thrower
Posted in environment, garden, simple things, Uncategorized, tagged burn weeds, flame thrower, garden torch, gas lawn equipment, handtools, reel mower, simple life, solar power, wendell berry on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
They came today. An odd combination of garden implements — a reel mower and a flame thrower. That’s right — flame thrower. My friends at Lehman’s feature a unique weed solution — a propane-powered weed-eating fire machine. Lehman’s calls it a garden torch, except you get the feeling that you’re holding a blowtorch in your [...]
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. [...]
Creating sacred space
Posted in faith, tagged Bibles, Celtic Prayer Book, daily office, devotional, faith, family, friends, God Calling, good life, home altar, keeping the hours, memories, Prayer altar, quiet time, sacred space, simple life on February 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Chuck and I made a prayer altar in our home last October. It was something we had both been thinking about for a while and the time just seemed right. Our built in bookcase in the den was the perfect spot once we moved our stereo out of the way. We didn’t really have any [...]
Home haircuts: no appointment necessary
Posted in do-it-ourselves, tagged cut your own hair, DIY, haircut, home haircuts, money saving tips, self-sufficient, simple life on February 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When you’re looking around for ways to save money and become more self-sufficient, nothing is sacred. In my many haircutting experiences, I have paid anywhere from $8 (buzz cut) to $65 (I know, that was ridiculous) for a haircut. Usually it wasn’t worth it — even the $8 one. Which is why we decided that [...]
The bird feeders
Posted in animals, tagged animals, bird feeder, birds, birdseed, birdwatching, bluebirds, feeding the birds, goodthoughts, pretty kitty, simple life, simplify, squirrels, sustainable life on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We finally filled up our bird feeders today. The wind last week broke one, but the others survived. (Notice how the wind peeled the lattice off the deck. I fixed that today, too.) The big feeder sits outside our den window, so we watch the birds in the morning after breakfast while we’re drinking our [...]
Buck saw in action
Posted in simple things, tagged buck saw, chain saw, firewood, green tools, homesteading, lehman's, saws, self-sufficient, simple life, simple things, small town homestead, sustainable life, zero carbon emissions on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here I am with my new buck saw from Lehman’s. We have several trees down in the very back of our lot, and we’re trying to clear all this out before spring. A chain saw would make quick work of this. However, as you can tell from my technique in the photo, it might also [...]
Sunday Soup
Posted in food, tagged black bean soup, comfort food, dr. mcdougall, kalanchoe, mcdougall quick and easy cookbook, no knead bread, plant based diet, simple life, slow food, soup, soup recipe, vegan, vegetarian on February 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today was cold and cloudy…a perfect soup day! And one of our favorite comfort soups that’s on the table in a hurry is black bean soup. I found this recipe in The McDougall Quick and Easy Cookbook by John and Mary McDougall. It’s become a weekly meal at our house and it heats up again [...]
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