I make my own laundry detergent, and I sell my homemade coconut soap on my website (on which you can also find my homemade laundry soap recipe): In fact, I made some today! It works just as good as Tide

@goldendawne, Thanks for supporting @theonlygirl in her endeavors! :) We like it when she cooks around here (gives me a break) and she does a great job.

Did you ever try wood chips? We did them for four seasons before we decided it wasn’t a good idea for us. The wood seemed to be bringing in more bad bugs. Straw and hay have been a better idea. They’re

Jumping in here.. I hope you don’t mind. We’ve done both hay and straw and we find that hay, if not old and rotting, tends to spill a lot of seeds into the garden and we end up growing hay. If you want

You’ll do great. Just don’t get discouraged if something doesn’t go well. Depending on the year different crops will naturally thrive while others will flop. Take it in stride, learn, and move on. Gardening

Ponderosas are not overly meaty. They are really juicy, but they won’t let you down. You’ll really enjoy them.

We’ve been growing pink ponderosa for several years. It’s our favorite! Always produces large quantities of huge tomatoes before any of the other varieties are ready. Tomatoes keep coming from them until

We've grown these. Tried a few years in a row... Did you know cattle like these? A LOT? They'll go to great measures and even trample the garden fence completely down to get them. And we know how to keep

I would eat that cupcake...

Sorry for the delay...been really busy lately. After several years of telling myself I would spin the wool that season and failing to actually DO it...we switched to hair sheep. Less maintenance.

Whoa! It's gonna look totally different next time I see your kitchen. Cool. Good work. 55 hours.. you might try getting that mom of yours to give you a wood working credit in school or something. ;)

Oh...I’m jealous. I’ve long wanted to spin and dye our wool, but with life going, going, going...I decided it’s just not going to happen until life slows down a bit. We, too, much prefer linen and wool

Wow. I just happened to see this... haven’t ever read one of your posts before. But now I want to go back and find the others to read the rest of the story.😀

We love tea! I will be trying this tonight, and it’s perfect timing since I ran out of dandelion tea last night. 😀Thanks!

Happy Hanukkah! Family memories are priceless and it all goes so fast.

Naked man on my screen, on top of my feed...kind of thinking this should be marked, "not safe for work," even if you are posting about something appropriate. I think this picture is inappropriate.

Yep! I posted in our "Who We Are" post about the...uh...nice comments I get when I'm pregnant. People are so opinionated. :)

Is it just me or does Rachel look twice her age in this pic? How cute. :) Our sheep are Dorpers and we have this amazing ram named Haas that is a St. Croix. And, we have some mutts. :) We are also in the

So true.

Aww! We have a 7 week old (he's our 6th) and completely understand the blessing of a healthy child. Congratulations!