Simple Living Made Simple Podcast

Preserving food is a lot of work! From the harvesting, to the purchasing of supplies, to preparing and cooking the contents, to the actual processing steps, a lot of time a effort is spent preserving your food for longterm storage.  Once all of that work is done, then what?  How do you store it and keep it safe and free from any potential spoilage or damage?  Check out this episode for answers to all of your questions and learn how to properly store your preserved food.

While most people think of a beautiful spring garden when they start planning for the gardening season, it is important not to forget about the fall garden!  For many years, I neglected to think about a fall garden, but it has become a really important time for me to get a really great harvest. In this episode, I am going over some really great plants that you can put in the ground in August to have a really awesome fall garden.

If you have a garden, you can quickly become overwhelmed by the harvest that seems to come in overnight! What do you do with all of it?  You may notice some really great prices and quality of all of the in season fruits and vegetables. How do you take advantage of it?  Food preservation is a must not only so that you can take enjoy quality fruits and vegetables all year long, but also so you can build a good food supply for your family.  There is really nothing like the satisfaction of stocking your shelves with food that you preserved yourself. In this episode, I discuss some of the awesome ways you can start preserving at home! Sign up for the Build Your Food Supple Masterclass for FREE here: https://wingingitonthehomestead.lpages.co/the-build-your-food-supply-masterclass

We all know about the wonderful benefits of gardening and how plants we intentionally grow can impact out health and wellbeing.  However, there are so many amazing plants all around us that we aren't even aware of.  In this episode, I talk with Kathy Lapcevic of the blog Homespun Seasonal Living.  We talk about about what simple living means, how to start foraging for beneficial plants right in your own backyard, and some really cool things you can do with those plants.

There are so many ways to preserve herbs aside from your typical "hanging to dry" method.  While I love drying my herbs by hanging them (There is something so pretty and simple about hanging herbs), this is not the only effective method for preserving the fresh taste and quality of homegrown herbs. Did you know you could also freeze them? In this episode, I talk about a few methods of freezing herbs so that you can enjoy them all year long!

How is your garden growing? I have definitely been faced with my fair share of success and challenges. Join me in this episode as I go through where we are with the garden this year and discuss some plans for the rest of the season. 

Do you love tea? If you do, you do not want to miss this episode. I am talking all about plants, herbs, and flowers that you can grow for your very own tea garden.  Some of these plants you will find as common ingredients in your favorite tea blends. Learn which ones are easy to grow and how to harvest them.

In this episode, I interview Michele Finn of Jubilee of Wellness a CBD and essential oil company. Michele created her very own line a few years ago and provides customers and students with support and guidance needed when first starting out using these products. We discuss how to get started using CBD and essential oils and how beneficial they can be to your health and wellbeing. A little disclaimer: we are not providing medical advice on this show, please consult your doctor before you start using CBD or essential oils. This was an awesome episode, I learned so much from Michele, she is a dear friend and she is one of the most amazing women and entrepreneurs I know!

Growing and caring for a garden is a long process, usually lasting months, but it is so worth it when you are able to harvest fresh fruits and vegetables.  However, there are definitely pests, bugs, and disease that can and will make your job a lot harder!  After years of experiencing these problems, I am sharing with you a few of the most common ones that I see and how you can prevent or solve them.  Prevention is huge if you are trying to grow a really healthy garden but sometimes issues sneak up on you. This episode will help you out with some of them most common gardening problems.

In this episode we are going to discuss some watering mistakes that are very common when first starting to tend and maintenance a garden. Making sure that your garden is getting enough water is one of the most important tasks of a gardener, but the proper way to water may not be as obvious as your may think. Today, we will discuss some of those not so obvious watering tricks that will help you become a master gardener in no time.