Pickled vegetables are a favorite summertime snack of mine and with quick pickling, they are so easy to make yourself! Maybe you have memories of your grandmother or great grandmother pickling fresh vegetables during the summer
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Pressing flowers and leaves is a fun way to preserve a piece of your garden. I think many of us experimented with pressing flowers in a heavy book as children. It’s kind of magical
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Mid to late summer is peach season here in Pennsylvania. I’m not sure if there is a more delicious fruit than a fresh picked, perfectly ripe peach! I wanted to make a recipe that incorporated locally grown peaches to celebrate the height of summer.
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A nicely organized and decorated shelf can be a charming addition to a room’s decor and functionality. Yet it can be tricky to find that perfect blend between practical storage and pleasing aesthetics.
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I love summertime for all its visceral experiences that bring me out of my head and back into my body. Like driving on back country roads with
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Presently is a little collection of my favorites things this season; simple joys and ideas worth sharing around the topic of living a more soulful, heart-centered life. In this summer season, I am presently reading…
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Our second gathering was held on Sunday, May 1st at a beautiful park in Yoe, Pennsylvania. We had the best afternoon filled with locally grown flowers, good conversation, hot tea, honey cake and the sound of rain on a tin roof. It was the perfect celebration of spring.
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As seasonal living has become more of a priority in my life, I’ve come to see spring, summer, autumn and winter not as four, static, monoliths but a succession of mini seasons that blend and circle around each other.
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Over the years I’ve become known as a bit of a flower lady. I’m no professional florist but I did spend a lot of time studying floral design while writing my craft book. Gardening has only deepened my love of floral arranging
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Beeswax food wraps are a great, natural alternative to single-use plastic wrap. The beeswax coating creates a non-toxic seal and also has natural anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties to help keep food fresh longer.
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At this time of year, the earth is bursting with flowers. My oldest daughter, Sage and I have been excitedly waiting for the wild violets in our backyard to bloom. Picking them has become one of our special activities we do together. We’ve made
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There really is nothing like slipping into a nicely made bed at the end of the night! I want to be the kind of person who makes their bed every morning. So I’ve tried to make it as simple as possible for myself to have a stylish and comfortable bed with as little effort as possible.
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Nothing about this is perfect. I planned the photoshoot for this journal around this beautiful old magnolia tree in my neighborhood. I referenced past photos in my camera roll to pinpoint a week that it would be in bloom
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Presently is a little collection of my favorites things this season; simple joys and ideas worth sharing around the topic of living a more soulful, heart-centered life. In this spring season, I am presently growing… marigold seedlings, sown into egg shells on the first day of spring...
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Looking for where to buy plants in York, PA? Here’s a list of my favorite independent, locally-owned, family run greenhouses and plant nurseries so you can support small business and your gardening hobby at the same time!
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Our first gathering was held on Sunday, January 30th at John Rudy Park in York, Pennsylvania. It was such a treat to spend a chilly winter afternoon sipping cider and sharing/sowing seeds by a roaring fire.
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For what feels like the first time, I’m really savoring the slowness of midwinter. With the rush of the holidays behind us, I have been settling into what the rest of the natural world is doing; resting, reflecting and conserving energy for the coming year…
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By this time of year, most gardeners are ordering new seeds and getting the itch to sow them. While it’s still a bit early to start seeds indoors, there is a way to get a jumpstart on your gardening year now! I recently learned about winter sowing in plastic milk jugs. The milk jug acts as a miniature greenhouse…
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As the mom of a preschooler who could go through one 3lb bag of clementines per week if I let her, I take extra joy in making my own cleaner because 1. I’m making use of something that would otherwise be discarded and 2. it’s zero waste. What’s leftover after straining can be composted…
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Selecting paint colors for your home can often be a frustrating process. For a new homeowner especially, it can be hard to know where to begin! While there’s no right or wrong answers here, over the past decade I’ve spent as a residential interior designer, I’ve found a few things to be true…
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