Simple Living Made Simple Podcast

Christmas Decor does not not have to be crazy expensive.  In my opinion, the best holiday decor can be found right your your own backyard.  The possibilities are endless if you know what to look for.  Check out this short and sweet episode for some natural and classic holiday inspiration!

Do you and your family make time to sit down and enjoy meals together?

Sometimes when I talk to people about cooking from scratch, their very first obstacle is how to even start eating as a family!

If this is you and you struggle with getting everyone to the dinner table at the same time and want to make your dreams of having a happy family dinner a reality,

In this episode I cover:

It is finally fall time and the summer garden is winding down. Before you completely turn to your indoor, winter chores and duties for the season, there are a few fall garden duties that you should consider now that will make your life a lot easier next spring.  Check out this episode for a list of things you should be doing this fall in your garden.

September is a transition month in our home, when we start to move our focus away from the garden and food preservation to more inside the house.

This is how seasonal living works for us. Spring to Summer is heavy gardening, August - September is food preservation, and then we transition to a more kitchen/household focus.

One of the important aspects of simple living for us is eliminating the need to purchase chemical cleaners from the store.

I have not bought a commercial all-purpose spray in several years not, I only make my own.

I also make my own window cleaners, hand soap, lotions, toilet and shower cleaners, among other things.

To help you get started with making your own cleaners and personal products, check out the newest episode of the Simple Living Made Simple Podcast where I talk about the 10 ingredients you must have in your natural home.

Jubilee of Wellness Curious to Confident with Essential Oils - I love this program!

www.simplelivingdiy.com - grab my 10 recipe FREE eBook for cleaners and personal products!

Finally! Your hens just started laying eggs. So exciting! Join me in this episode to discuss everything you need to know to get started with fresh eggs.  When can you expect your hens to start laying?  Do you wash them? Refrigerate them? My hens just started laying and I have been doing a lot of research, I share it all with you in this episode!

Join me for a quick garden update where I discuss our transition plans from our summer garden to our fall garden. I discuss what plants we are planting and how we deal with overlapping spaces. We also have a few new updates to our chicken coup as well.

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.