I’ve been meaning to make a post about my thoughts on food for awhile now. I talk about food a lot — both here on the blog & in my every day life. It’s a topic that I am truly passionate about. When it comes…
sustainable living
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Bits, Pieces, & Garden Plans
Yesterday I spent a couple of hours working on this year’s garden plans & ordering seeds. While we’ve had a garden in the past, this will be the first year that I am going at it full force. I’ve been researching about where to get…
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Our Wood-burning Stove
This month, we completed the installation of our new wood-burning stove. This is one of our first, and most important, steps toward sustainable living. Wood-burning stoves are one of the most energy efficient and environmentally-friendly ways to heat the home. Wood burners outperform both solar…
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Chicken Keeping!
After five-years of patiently waiting, we’re finally getting chickens this spring! I am so excited. The construction on our house, my pregnancy, and our town’s previous ordinance prohibiting chickens on less than an acre had kept us from getting them sooner — but this spring,…