The challenges we face living on a small farm and going through several years of drought are ongoing. Growing a few of your own fruits and vegetables are essential if you want to live more sustainably. But what happens when you have limited water and can’t irrigate an entire vegetable garden? What if your […]
DIY Animal Shelter
I get a huge amount of satisfaction from DIY projects where I haven’t had to spent a single penny. It makes you feel incredibly resourceful, and using discarded or leftover materials is great for the environment too. Bonus! As you may remember, we’ve had to hand-raise a lamb who was abandoned last year and […]
DIY – Bookcase Upgrade
Not every house has a dedicated office space. In our small farm house, my office is also a linen closet, craft room and storage area. As it’s such a multi-purpose room, it makes it exceedingly difficult to keep uncluttered and functional. It’s also not a very big space either so I’m constantly rearranging things […]
Salt Dough Christmas Ornaments
I love making things, so it’s no surprise that our Christmas tree is filled with lots of different handmade decorations. I’ve made some felt ornaments, the handmade decorations and baubles my family have been making for years (click here for a how-to), a few knitted ornaments were purchased at a Christmas market, my mother […]
DIY Edible Bouquet
Edible gifts are a handy go-to present to give. Perfect for the chocolate lovers, co-workers, teachers, neighbours, the tricky-to-buy-for or as a just-because. But buying them ready made can work out extremely expensive. This DIY edible bouquet is incredibly easy to make, easy on the pennies, and can be made as big or as small […]
