This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015At our place, it’s once again time to get the garden prepped and planted. Several years ago, we established a permanent garden spot, complete with raised beds that we built from reclaimed lumber and pallet boxes. We hauled in soil and fertilizer (read: manure from the corral), drew up detailed planting charts and diagrams and vowed that from that point on, our garden was going to Continue Reading
Home Remedies, Essential Oils and the Occult
This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015Okay, I don’t have much interest in the occult. But I am totally into home remedies and essential oils. Especially the ones that work. They could very well be the only reason I’m still alive to write this post today. Really. The past couple weeks have been a little rough around the Keep. One child got sick, then the hubby got sick and it has just Continue Reading
More Inner Peace Through Laundry
This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015In my last post, I shared a recipe for Laundry Sauce – one of my favorite homemade laundry detergents that costs just pennies a load and does a great job. I mentioned a second recipe I love to use, and I’d like to share it with you today. This homemade detergent is in powder form, as opposed to the ‘pudding like’ texture of the Sauce. It’s Continue Reading
Inner Peace Through Laundry
This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015It’s laundry day at my house. Actually, every day is laundry day because I have four kids, a husband and a dog – dirty clothes seem to propagate all on their own around here. But there’s usually one day a week when I do a full sweep of every hamper in the house and execute one big laundry bonanza. So today is that laundry day. I Continue Reading
Festively Frugal
This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015My love of this season – from the end of August through the end of December – is well known in my family. I love every single thing about the fall and onset of winter … the Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s holiday circuit, the foods, the changes in weather, the disappearance of bugs and snakes – absolutely everything. Which is why I am loathe to Continue Reading
Cooking Without Cash
This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2015Over the course of our 16+ year marriage, there have been many challenges of various sorts. There have been health issues, growing pains as we adjusted to sharing space, bruised feelings … and periods of financial stress. Sometimes the lack of funds came because of an unexpected repair or emergency. Sometimes, unemployment or slow periods of business made it hard to make two ends meet. And Continue Reading
