Social isolation has been part of our life for a long time and for different reasons. Now that it also has become a global thing to do, it's time to share some insights. I actually started this blog post in spring, but it never got published, mainly because we did not want to be misunderstood. Now ...
Simple Living
End of Season Garden Update 2020
It's time for the end of season garden update 2020 to review our summer garden. We share our garden updates, so we can go back and see what did well and what did not, as a garden journal. We also share them for other gardeners to watch and read so you can learn from our success and failure. However, ...
The No-Plan Meal Planning Method for Gardeners
The no-plan meal planning method has been developed over years out of the necessity to combine planning meals with using what grows in our garden. After struggling with meal planning, I realized that common meal planning does not work for gardeners. And it does not have to. There is a better and ...
Turn a Yard Into a Garden
Living in a town or city house, either owning or renting you might not consider that you are able to grow a big portion of your own food in a healthy, organic way. However, that is possible. We want to encourage everyone to turn a common yard into a bountiful edible garden. In this post, we ...
7 Proven Steps to Feed a Family on a Tight Budget
We have been on a tight budget on and off for many years, for different reasons and in different countries (even Continents). The 7 proven steps to feed a family on a tight budget work no matter where you are. Neither am I giving you an amount nor a meal plan. I do not find them very helpful. Every ...
FlyLady System for Homesteading
"My house may be a mess, but you should see my garden" - can you relate? As a homesteader, we could add "but you should see my pantry, or my barn, or my cellar". It seems there are always more important things to do than cleaning and organizing the house. The FlyLady system comes to the rescue for ...
Cookbooks to Start a Plant-Based Diet
We switched to a plant-based diet a few years ago and have never looked back. Eating healthy tastes good feels good and is good all around. We are sometimes being asked if it was hard for us to change to a plant-based diet. Our answer is 'no' and it has two reasons: For one, we are ...
A Dozen Ways to Preserve Apples
It's apple time around here and apples are everywhere. Apples are one of the fruit crops that do well in cold climate and short growing season. We sure need a dozen ways to preserve apples. We do not always make them all, but love to have the options for many varieties. The apples we can grow ...
Animal-Free Homestead
Update: This animal-free homestead article was written 2 and a half years ago (2019) a bit over a year after we started our journey on a plant-based diet. I call it a journey since we had no idea where it would take us. We thought it was just about what was on our plate to eat. Soon we realized it ...
Gardening Without Pain
Just over a year ago gardening without pain was a dream for me. After an x-ray, I knew it was nothing acute but just a beginning of a painful road ahead. If what I felt was early osteoarthritis, I knew I did not want to go any farther with it. The joint stiffness hindered me ...
