When our family started using essential oils I knew that one of the first things I wanted to try making was our own bug repellent. We were already using the most natural repellents we could find (as in no DEET or other nasty chemicals). However, these natural repellents were quite expensive and did ...
I am very picky as to what our family ingests and lathers on our skin. I try to avoid all chemicals and toxins as much as possible, which is why I was forking over a lot of money per month for all natural liquid hand soap. Not to mention, some of the ingredients listed in these “all natural” hand ...
I have been making and using this exfoliating face scrub for the past year and I will never go back to the store-bought option for several reasons: It’s a lot cheaper to make than buying an “all natural” exfoliating face scrub There are NO toxic chemicals being slathered on my skin The ...
Written by Trace When we purchased our chunk of land in late 2014 it had a 40-year-old house on it that had not been kept up or lived in for the past 7 years. It didn’t pass inspections on multiple fronts for a previous buyer interested in the property so we knew going into the purchase that it ...
This year we ended up with three good size deer after hunting season, which we are very thankful for as we have filled our freezers with homemade summer sausage, ring bologna, and brats. Since this is the first time we have left over venison, we thought we would try making our own venison ...
When we moved back to Wisconsin in early May 2016 we did not plan on starting a garden on our land. Southeastern Wisconsin falls into the zone 5 planting category, which means certain seedlings need to be started as early as April. However, we knew that we wanted to grow some of our own ...
No, we are not preparing for the zombie apocalypse… But these would come in handy if it were to occur. So, why are we placing two huge shipping containers on our property? When we sold our house in Illinois to move back to Wisconsin and be close to our land, we knew we were going to ...
Are you tired of paying $4.00 to $5.00 a tube for all natural lip balm? I thought so. I know I was. Plus, we are trying to build a house by ourselves, which means Every.Single.Penny.Counts. I tried several recipes, most were flops and then I found one that I liked…but…still too mushy to be lip ...
When we closed on our land in the summer of 2014, we were living 10 miles from Chicago, IL, and Trace and I were both working full time jobs. We put our house on the market, but by the start of the 2014-2015 school year it had not sold. We knew we didn’t want to wait to begin working on our ...
Searching for the perfect piece of property for our future homestead took more than a year. We knew that we wanted land in Wisconsin and close to both of our families. Additionally, we wanted the property to contain the following features: Enough acreage that would allow us to hunt on our own ...