7 Benefits & Tips For Using A Wood Cookstove

7 Benefits & Tips For Using A Wood Cookstove

by | 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

New Beginnings

by | 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...
Sun Baked Wild Turkey

Sun Baked Wild Turkey

by | Jul 12, 2018 | Contributing Writers, Food & Kitchen, Homesteading, Meals, Off-Grid Living, Product Reviews, Recipes, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Solar Cooking, Sun Oven Cooking, Tammy Trayer, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings

Wow! Are we ever crazy busy trying to finish our home so we can sell it and we are also preparing to build a new tiny home all before winter! Yikes – what a rush and wild ride!  We are attempting to do 6 months worth of work in 2! I have been educating and...
Saving Money And Winning With Money: Essentials For A Clean Life

Saving Money And Winning With Money: Essentials For A Clean Life

by | May 9, 2018 | Budgeting & Making An Income, Contributing Writers, Finances, Homesteading, Michelle Hedgcock, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings

Last time I covered many ways to save money when it came to food. Only I forgot to mention another way you can save! So, I’ll share that now and then get into other ways to save money on non-food related items. I lump this in with couponing because, again, I don’t...
Saving And Winning With Money: Food

Saving And Winning With Money: Food

by | Feb 28, 2018 | Budgeting & Making An Income, Contributing Writers, Food & Kitchen, Gardening, Foraging, Canning & Preserving, Homesteading, Michelle Hedgcock, Organization, Self-Reliance / Simple Living, Traditional Living, Skills & How-To's, Writings

Several years ago, I was working full-time in a corporate environment with a two-hour daily drive. To say it was draining is an understatement. My husband and I had several discussions about me quitting work and becoming a one-income family. The plan was for me to do...