Category Archives: Shopping

Garden Planning

Yesterday, as the wind blew and the snow swirled, I spent a good many hours planning our first garden. We’re fortunate to have a pretty large yard with [..]

Gardening, Local Farms, Native Plants, Pest Control, Planning , ,

Cleaning Up My Life

This post first appeared on my other blog, Confounded by Quilting, and basically cemented my desire to have a more appropriate blog title for the homesteady bits of [..]

Cleaning Products, Commercialism, Gluten-Free, Illness, Kombucha, Personal Hygiene, Personal Responsibility, Planning, Politics, Product Recommendations, Vegetarian , , , ,

Antique Spools

When I was little, Mom and Dad used to do some casual antiquing. We had some nice pieces, including a fully-lined wooden icebox, a hutch, a commode and [..]

Antiquing

All-Natural and Totally Organized

Not yet, but that’s a good goal I have in mind. First, let me say this – this post isn’t intended to be preachy; these are my choices, [..]

Food, Local Farms, Personal Hygiene, Shopping , , , , , ,

Sunday Stash

Sunday Stash Report, amongst other things. This week, my stash grew a bit (which is what it needs to keep doing for awhile – it’s such a sad [..]

Antiquing, Nature, Stash, Thrifting , , ,