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Six Things I Learned Doing Laundry with a Washboard

Six Things I Learned Doing Laundry with a Washboard

The Cabbage doesn’t have a washer and dryer yet, so we’ve been doing laundry at Mom’s since we moved. (Thanks, Mom!) About a month ago, though, we found a cheap washboard at the General Store. It waited in the bathroom,

Mindy July 18, 2016 Country Life, Simple Living 3 Comments Read more

Slow Compost

Slow Compost

When we first moved into the cabbage, I started a compost heap. Nothing fancy. Just a pile of rotten wood and food scraps at the edge of our yard. I don’t turn it often. I never watered it. But every

Mindy July 11, 2016 Country Life, Simple Living 2 Comments Read more

The Amazing Shrinking Fridge

The Amazing Shrinking Fridge

The fridge that loved the great outdoors Over the summer, we were the happy recipients of a cast-off fridge from Mindy’s aunt and uncle. They had bought a new one and were just looking to offload the old one, and

Drew January 19, 2016 Simple Living 7 Comments Read more

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

It’s Thanksgiving, and we are taking a break from the worry and hurry of everyday life to come together with family and enjoy Thanksgiving dinner. We have so much to be thankful for this year, as we have written before.

Drew November 26, 2015 Simple Living 1 Comment Read more

Soup’s on!

Soup’s on!

With the cabbage nearing completion, Drew and I decided to start making ourselves at home by eating some of our meals up there. As much as we enjoy sharing meals with Mom and Steve, sometimes it’s nice to sit down

Mindy November 24, 2015 Construction, Simple Living 1 Comment Read more

Fast. Cheap. Good.

Fast. Cheap. Good.

Prior to starting on the cabbage, my most ambitious DIY projects have all been in the realm of sewing. I’m not a great sewer, but I do enjoy it, for much the same reasons I’ve enjoyed construction. There’s something incredibly

Mindy November 17, 2015 Construction, Simple Living 1 Comment Read more

Slow Life

Slow Life

  Mindy’s step-dad, Steve, warned me when I first came out here that the biggest challenge I’d face would not be the different politics, or the different climate, or even the threat of getting eaten by a wild animal. It

Drew September 28, 2015 Country Life, Simple Living 4 Comments Read more

PSA: A Cautionary Tale About Downsizing

Consider this post a PSA for those of you who are looking to downsize. I’ve blogged before about how much I love The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Drew and I started the KonMari method about a month before we moved,

Mindy September 25, 2015 Simple Living No Comments Read more

The Privilege of Homesteading

When Drew and I were dirt broke in Seattle (an entirely different experience than being dirt broke in the country, I’ve learned), I used to scour the internet and library for stories about people who’d successfully downsized their way to

Mindy September 22, 2015 Simple Living No Comments Read more

Floor Plan Update

Our regularly scheduled Walden Wednesday post will be up next week, but we have some updates on the cabbage front that we didn’t want to put off! Look who ended up on a ladder over the weekend! We installed the service panel

Mindy August 26, 2015 Simple Living 3 Comments Read more
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