Crockpot Apple Butter Recipe I Make Every Fall
My crockpot apple butter recipe runs while you do something else. Five pounds of apples, ten hours on low, and about three pints to freeze or give away.
View PostHow to Start a Garden From Scratch (Start in Fall)
How to start a garden from scratch without digging: pick your spot, smother the grass with cardboard, and let winter do the work for you.
View PostFarmhouse Living Room Ideas That Hold Up in a Real House
The farmhouse living room ideas that actually held up in our 1941 farmhouse. Real furniture, real texture, real light, and the one thing I would skip.
View PostWhat Is Slow Living? An Honest Answer From My Farmhouse
People ask me what slow living is like they want a tidy definition, and I never quite have one. Here's the honest answer, from my green farmhouse in Long Grove.
View PostThe Peach Crisp Recipe I Make Every August
This peach crisp is the dessert I've made more than any other since we moved to the farmhouse. It asks almost nothing of me, just ripe peaches and a brown sugar oat crumble, and it comes out warm and golden every time. Here's exactly how I make it.
View PostThe Zucchini Bread Recipe I Make All Summer Long
An easy, moist zucchini bread recipe made from scratch in one bowl. The garden-glut loaf I bake all summer in our Long Grove farmhouse kitchen.
View PostA Slow Living Cleaning Routine That Works With Your Life, Not Against It
A slower, gentler cleaning routine spread across the week in small pieces, so your home stays tended without wearing you out.
View PostCozy Bedroom Ideas (Warm, Layered, and Lived-In)
Our bedroom was the last room in the farmhouse we touched, and getting sick is what finally made me turn it into the softest room in the house. Here are the cozy bedroom ideas that actually worked for us, from layered bedding to warm lighting to leaving room to rest.
View PostHow to Simplify Your Home (The Slow, Gentle Way)
I didn't simplify our farmhouse in a weekend. I did it slowly, one drawer at a time, with a baby on my hip and not much energy to spare. Here's what actually worked for me.
View PostHomemaking Tips for Beginners (From Someone Still Figuring It Out)
New to homemaking and a little overwhelmed? Here is how I actually do it, one small rhythm at a time, from our green farmhouse in Long Grove.
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