7 Benefits & Tips For Using A Wood Cookstove

by Tammy Trayer | Sep 28, 2021 | Breads & Breakfast, Food & Kitchen, Homesteading, Off-Grid Living, Preparedness, Survival Skills, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Woodstove Cooking, Writings

Today is a damp, cool, rainy September day and I’ve started my first fire for the season. There is nothing more comforting than the heat from a wood stove warming your body, but when that heat is coming from a wood cookstove there are so many more benefits. A wood...

New Beginnings

by Tammy Trayer | Jan 1, 2019 | Homesteading, Inspiration / Encouragement, Off-Grid Living, Organization, Positively Encouraging, Preparedness, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Survival Skills, Tammy Trayer, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings

2019 is here! 2018 went SO very fast, it is hard to believe another year is passed! We are thankful for the new year though for a New Beginning! New Beginnings is our theme for the new year. We embraced 2018 focusing on Living With Intention. Living by our terms and...

Going Through The Seasons

by Tammy Trayer | Nov 19, 2018 | Health & Healing, Inspiration / Encouragement, Positively Encouraging, Preparedness, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Writings

Have you ever considered all that is required Going Through The Seasons?  With each season we experience different aspects of mother nature and God’s beauty, but we also experience the unpredictable aspect of mother nature as well. The same is true of the seasons in...

Taking On The Impossible And…

by Tammy Trayer | Jun 13, 2018 | Family / Marriage, Finances, Inspiration / Encouragement, Off-Grid Living, Positively Encouraging, Preparedness, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Tammy Trayer, Writings

Sometimes in life, we need to “Take On The Impossible”, or at least that is how it feels, but remember in EVERY situation we have choices and we are CHOOSING to be #UNSTOPPABLE! We’ve decided this year we are going to be totally transparent in our...

One Quarter Can Save You Hundreds

by Tammy Trayer | May 30, 2018 | Contributing Writers, Food Storage, Preparedness, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Tammy Trayer, Writings

Simple Easy Preparedness Tip Everyone Should Know When The Power Goes Out How often do you lose grid power? I know it happens often around here and we are thankful to be unaffected by grid power loss because we are utilizing solar power on our homestead, BUT this...

Best Places To Find Homestead & Off-Grid Tools

by Tammy Trayer | Jun 26, 2017 | Off-Grid Living, Preparedness, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings

Yardsaling, flea markets, estate sales, antique and thrift stores, the locations are endless…  As most of you know, I am NOT a shopper, despise being in town more than I need to be BUT I love looking for treasures! This is the perfect time of year to get out and...