Candy Bird’s Nests

Do you have any favorite candies or treats you remember that always make you smile? In honor of Easter this weekend, we wanted to share a fun recipe for Bird’s Nest candies, one of my favorite Easter treats growing up. Though I don’t celebrate Easter anymore, they’re still fun and seasonal for early Spring. Continue reading

Spring Gardeners, Check Out This FREE Summit!

I’m excited to share a free opportunity this spring to get the most out of your garden, your sustainable efforts and your life!

This April 6th-12th there’s an online gathering of 30+ experts in backyard food production, homesteading, and off-grid living.  It’s presented by the world’s leading researchers, organizations, and best-selling authors to help you become free of supermarkets and drugstores.

This is the biggest event for home-grown food ever organized online!  Sponsored by Mother Earth News, The Natural News, The National Gardening Association, The American Prepper’s Network, and The Livestock Conservancy and more. Continue reading

The Thawing Out Collection: Turntable Kitchen Review: March Pairings Box

Happy Spring! We’re coming into the beautiful season of flowers and new growth! This month’s Turntable Kitchen Pairings Box celebrated the end of winter and the beginning of the new season. It’s called the “The Thawing Out” Collection.

Turntable Kitchen is a unique subscription service that sends curated vinyl records, access to a downloadable mixtape, recipes and a premium ingredient to cook them. Continue reading

Splitting Jade

Sometimes nature can be so simple, the complexity becomes amazing. I learned this by growing the leaves of succulents like jade to split them and create new plants. Jade plants can grow using only a single leaf so there’s no need to harm the plant at all! You can produce hundreds of new plants just from one single mother plant. The possibilities are endless! Continue reading

Warm and Toasty English Muffins

English muffins are delicious and versatile. They are perfect with eggs, bacon and cheese for breakfast, slathered in jam or even used as a mini pizza for an afternoon snack. English muffins come in huge packs at the grocery store, but it’s frequently hard to find a brand that isn’t loaded with sugars, artificial flavors or high fructose corn syrup. Here’s a great recipe to make your own English Muffins! Continue reading