Every fall, my family and I go to the Ellijay Apple Festival in North Georgia! It’s such a fun time of the year. We enjoy watching the clogging performances, eating all the fall treats, and checking out handmade local crafts and art. Of course, we always come home with heaps of farm fresh apples to[…]
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Best DIY Natural Homemade Mouthwash Recipes to Try
One of my all time favorite hobbies is antique and thrift shopping. While I was out hunting for secondhand finds recently, I found this gorgeous decanter at an antique shop a couple of weeks ago. My mom had this great idea to fill the decanter with mouthwash and store it in the bathroom. What a[…]
Sustainable Gift Giving this Holiday Season
The Christmas season is one of my favorite times of year. I love listening to Christmas songs on the radio and enjoying all of the best holiday baked goodies. It’s an exciting and fun time of year to spend with family but is also notorious for being a wasteful consumerist holiday. There are some things[…]
Late Night Zero Waste Homemade Applesauce Making
Late Night Zero Waste Homemade Applesauce Making After a long weekend of wedding festivities, I was pretty exhausted to come home to the farm. However, sleep wouldn’t come, so at 4 o’clock in the morning, I am awake and making zero waste homemade applesauce like the foodie nerd that I am. This was my first[…]
How I Made Homemade Muscadine Wine for the First Time
How I Made Homemade Muscadine Wine for the First Time Last week, I made the most delicious muscadine jelly using the grapes on my family’s farm, but we still have an abundance of those tasty southern grapes. So this week I began another homesteading experiment with making homemade muscadine wine, and it’s a bit more[…]