I have always been a lover of chai. For years I drank the vanilla chai from Bigelow almost every morning and it was so convenient and delicious! This past year, however, I discovered how many additives are in packaged teas…
Whipped Tallow Balm with Honey and Shea
Tallow is a miraculous ingredient. Of course in homestead circles, I have heard about it for years, but it wasn’t until I made my own tallow balm that I understood the excitement. Now, tallow has been an incredible addition to…
How to Romanticize Your Life
Or how to savor the little things in life Or how to enjoy life more I have always been the kind of person to romanticize everything. Yes, I’m the girl who is pulling over to pick flowers on the side…
How to Bake Same Day Sourdough
Sometimes I want to start and finish my baking all in one day. Maybe to save time, maybe because I’m just impatient for some bread, there are many reasons to bake a speedy loaf. I started baking same day sourdough…
What is the Best Flour for Sourdough Starter + Other Tips
My sourdough starter has been through many phases. It has smelled bad, gotten grey, and one time I accidentally baked it in the oven! There have been many successes and failures but after a couple of years consistently keeping a…
Herbal Bath Soak to Nourish Skin and Spirit
Winter is the universal bath season. Soaking in a hot bath on a cold, wet day is just the ultimate luxury we can experience as humans. Look, I know this is hyperbolic, but I’m a bath girl; baths are everything…
Fire Cider Benefits|Naturally Boost Your Immunity
This winter, I have already enjoyed lots of fire cider benefits to my health. Over the Christmas holiday, almost everyone was coming down with the flu and really struggling to recover. My fiancé was one of these poor souls; so…
5 Unique Handmade Gifts for Men
This year more than ever, I have a lot of men in my life to make gifts for. Four brothers, my dad, my fiance, and future father-in-law equals 7 guys and that’s just family alone! Let’s face it, guys can…
Crochet Garland Christmas Decor
I don’t want anyone to get the wrong idea here, I am not an expert at crochet. I actually just started learning a few months ago. My progress has been relatively slow (as I have so many knitting projects going)…
How to Store Sourdough Bread
It’s probably no surprise by now that I eat a lot of sourdough bread. I love to bake all kinds of sourdough, including classic rustic sourdough bread, sourdough bagels, and sourdough focaccia! So I make a lot of bread, now…
Homemade Fire Cider Recipe
Make this fire cider recipe to ward off illness during the colder months. You can take as a tonic or apply topically!
Homemade Beard Oil ~ From the Cottage Apothecary
How to make Homemade Beard Oil to hydrate and style your beard and face. Herbal infused oils nourish and heal dry skin and facial hair.