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With April Showers Comes… Rain Water Collection: 3 Tips for Collecting Rainwater on Your Homestead
With April’s arrival in our area of southwestern Virginia, you can almost always count on spring rain showers. And with abundant spring rain showers, why not make use of the free, God-given resource and install a rain collection system? When we purchased our property, it was run down and neglected not having seen livestock to…
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Getting to the Root of my Fear: The Garden Experiment Pt 2
I’m a rule follower, envious of those who can fly by the seat of their pants. But more often than not, I let my fear of failure consume me in the form of overthinking and overanalyzing to the point that I will give up before even starting. But I put gardening in writing for accountability…
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Tips for your Spring Cleaning Routine
When I first started living on my own, I thought spring cleaning had to be this huge, daunting group of tasks. But now, after having been a homeowner for over 10 years, it’s easier to see that seasonal cleaning is just expand upon the cleaning and maintainence of your home that you should already be…
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Go With the Flow: Embracing Nature to guide your daily living
Sometimes you just need the warmth and sunshine of an early spring day to remind you to just go with the flow. Tuesday of this week the weather here, in Southwest Virginia, was a gorgeous 74°. I couldn’t have asked for better, and with a growing list of outdoor projects, I knew I needed to…
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Simple Decor Swaps for Spring
I’m not a huge seasonal decorator. Christmas is the big decorating time around here, but being a stay at home mom, I’m finding joy in freshening up my space each season. I don’t do this by shopping each season. Instead, I find a few areas where I can use staple pieces and do small, simple…