Tag: nature
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🌱 Living Sustainably: Choosing All-Natural, Homemade Products Over Commercial
Happy autumn, friends! I hope this beautiful season finds you enjoying the spoils of harvest and soaking in the colors and scents of nature’s grand finale. The trees are performing their yearly ritual of dazzling transformation—from green to glowing golds, rustic browns, and deep oranges—and I can never get enough. Autumn always sparks my creativity.…
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Midsummer Dreams and Nightmares: Growing Food in a Changing Climate
Realizing dreams and accepting failures while building a food forest Summertime, and the living is indeed easy—especially this year, after our horrendous winter. Beginning in March, the sun’s position realigns with my solar panels, and my generator use plummets. By May, I can turn off the propane heater and use the wood stove for those…
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Benefits of Sweet Almond Oil for Your Skin
Essential oils need to be diluted before applying to your skin. I use Sweet Almond Oil as my main carrier oil in many of my products. Why? Sweet Almond Oil has so many amazing and natural benefits. Skin Hydration Sweet Almond Oil contains many nutrients that are good for the skin, including vitamins, minerals, fatty…
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Action Absorbs Anxiety
Preparation is the foundation of peace of mind—and every step you take today builds a more resilient tomorrow. Spring as a Fresh Start Thankfully, spring has arrived, bringing a welcome shift after a long, challenging winter. This season always feels like a fresh start to me—not just for the garden, but for all the projects…
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Winter 2025 Just Never Stopped
Surviving an Extreme Winter as a Solo Lady Living Off-Grid (Part 2) I hadn’t planned for this to be a follow-up to my January post, but here we are. Thankfully, I made it to spring! I can’t tell you how relieved I am to see temperatures above freezing and life getting back to normal. I’m…
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When the Trucks Stop: Becoming A Resilient Citizen
Hello friends! If you read my blog, it’s probably because I either forced you to (thanks, fam) or you are as concerned about our planet as I am. I started this post before the election, but I feel like a lot has changed so I have rewritten it in response. It’s been a difficult and…
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Make Your Own Spring Body Care
Easy homestead recipes for whipped body butter, sunscreen, body scrub, and body wash. Hello! It has been a minute since my last post. This time of year is so incredibly busy around the homestead. Spring offers that small window of opportunity for making progress, or getting back to the unfinished projects from fall. Trying to…
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15 Truly Essential Essential Oils
Do you remember when you first fell in love with essential oils? Completely acknowledge my age here, but I was in high school and living in England when The Body Shop was the coolest, most awesome shop. I never missed a chance to stop in one. I especially loved the lavender and eucalyptus blend, and…
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Wintering
Maybe you have seen this, but I love this idea of wintering. As women naturally prone to being productive and busy, we can feel guilty for sitting still. It is during winter when I finally get the time needed to dedicate myself to my crafts. So I wasn’t too happy when I needed to stop…
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About Dandelion and Burdock Candles
Dandelion+Burdock candles are made with natural soy wax, cotton wicks, and scented with therapeutic grade Essential Oils to create unique aromatherapeutic scents. Every 8oz candle will burn for 49+ hours. Why Soy Wax? Soy wax is a 100% natural wax derived from the vegetable soybeans. Soybeans are one of the major agriculture crops grown mostly…