Northwest Simple Living

Everyday skills for everyday life. After a lifetime in the garden and kitchen, I share practical knowledge to inspire you to learn new skills, and hopefully show you how to avoid some of the mistakes we've made along the way, in 26 years on 5 acres in zone 5b/6a in the inland northwestern U.S.

Things I tackle:
Gardening and harvesting vegetables, herbs, and fruits
Growing perennnials, annuals, and roses
Greenhouse and seed starting
Herbs for tea and medicine
Raised bed gardening
Canning, preserving, dehydrating, freeze drying
Cheese and butter
Making sausage, smoking bacon, ham, and salami
Cooking and baking
Beekeeping, honey and beeswax
Entertaining and catering for huge family gatherings
Wood stove cooking - because pizza!
Raising poultry and pigs
DIY home and garden projects
Knitting, crocheting, cross stitching, sewing, quilting
Random farm chores I maybe shouldn't do 😆

Also: I have zero tolerance for rudeness. Rude comments = instant removal without warning.