Natural Living

How to Remember Your Reusable Grocery and Produce Bags

How to Remember Your Reusable Grocery and Produce Bags

We live in a town where plastic bags mostly don't exist! If you go to the grocery store and don't bring your own bag, you have to pay 5 cents...

Cloth Diapers

Cloth diapers are THE way to go if you want to reduce waste and keep diapers out of our landfills. Regular diapers never degrade so we choose to cloth diaper....

5 Things to Put in a Silicone Bag

5 Things to Put in a Silicone Bag

Silicone bags are an amazing invention! Anything you've ever used a Ziploc bag for, you can use a silicone bag for! We avoid single-use plastic as much as humanly possible,...

The Wheat Harvest

The Wheat Harvest

In the fall of 2020, we decided to plant a patch of wheat. We wanted to plant as many useful crops as possible. We love bread and we knew wheat...

How to Fix the Twofold Problem in Your Bathroom

How to Fix the Twofold Problem in Your Bathroom

Plastics in Bath and Beauty Products One of the places in your house that is full of plastic is your BATHROOM! This is the first place I started making green...

My No Makeup Story

I started making my own makeup in order to reduce waste and to use products that were better for my body. I made my own foundation, powder, and eye shadow....

Everything You Need to Know About Placenta Encapsulation

Everything You Need to Know About Placenta Encapsulation

I know it seems weird! But yeah, I encapsulated my placenta. What does that mean, you ask? Well, after I gave birth, my placenta lady took my placenta to her...

Gluten-Free vs. Gluten-Full

Gluten-Free vs. Gluten-Full

In March of 2017, I watched a documentary about the way gluten can affect thyroid function. I have had hypothyroidism for 11 years and I’ve always just assumed that I...

The Family Bed

Throughout our cottage build, people occasionally asked where Alice would be sleeping. The simple answer is that she sleeps in the bed with us. That sparks a few more questions,...

The Truth About Co-Sleeping

The Truth About Co-Sleeping

What is co-sleeping? Co-sleeping technically just means that you sleep in the same room with your baby; however, most people use this term when referring to bed-sharing! The American Academy...

Going Green: Plastic-Free Swaps

Going Green: Plastic-Free Swaps

Plastic is everywhere! While some may say that its presence makes life more convenient, I'm here to tell you that there are some really simple swaps you can make. This...

Going Green: Make Everything From Scratch

Going Green: Make Everything From Scratch

If you truly want to live a low waste life, you have to buy less. Especially food, since that's what we buy most often. This means you can't eat pre-packaged...

Going Green: It Starts With You

Going Green: It Starts With You

We’ve noticed that many people tell us “good for you,” when learning of our various efforts in reducing waste, but these same people don’t seem to have any desire to...

Going Green: Thrift, Recycle, Compost

Going Green: Thrift, Recycle, Compost

THRIFT I am a big advocate for buying things secondhand. It is truly the most eco-friendly way to shop! Think about it: an item was used by someone and when...

Going Green: Cloth Diapers

Going Green: Cloth Diapers

Check out this video for a look at how I cloth diaper! In this video, I show what the different items are that you need to be successful at cloth diapering....

Going Green: Sustainable Feminine Hygiene Products

Going Green: Sustainable Feminine Hygiene Products

FORWARD: This post is personal to my monthly cycle and the products I currently use/have used in the past. You may think it is TMI, so don’t read it if...

Going Green: A Simple Start

Going Green: A Simple Start

In the midst of a pandemic, our grocery stores are often lacking the supplies we've grown accustomed to using. We've done a few things to "go green" in the last...