Read more about why I love CSA and locally–grown fruits and veggies here. This week’s box was full of ingredients I use all the time, including green onions and a head of lettuce. It’s the little things, right? It also included lots of summer–y ingredients with just one hint of fall: sweet potatoes. I know… Read More CSA Box: September 15
Read more about why I love CSA and locally–grown fruits and veggies here. Three years into our switch to CSA boxes, I still get giddy over what’s inside! Lately, I’ve been thinking about how the box items don’t vary too much week to week. We’ve had a few changes, such as peaches one week but… Read More CSA Box: August 25
I suppose I should preface this post with a disclaimer: I can’t really sew. I mean, I can sew but not very well. For some people, sewing is a welcome escape and an opportunity for creative expression. For me, sewing is a time for weeping and gnashing of teeth. My biggest success has been cloth… Read More Make Your Own Cloth Napkins
A few years ago, my husband and I read Michael Pollan’s book Food Rules and watched the documentary Food, Inc. I’d been eating pretty healthily for a while, but I was spending a fortune on organic everything, and I was having trouble reconciling purchasing something organic with the fact that it had been flown 4,000 miles… Read More CSA Box: August 4
Adding to my little “Natural living for normal people” posts. Read more about the basics of essential oils here. I don’t know about you, but I often need a housekeeping product that meets the following needs: 1. Freshens up fabrics 2. Kills germs 3. Does not smell like death–by–chemical–inhalation 4. Does not cost an arm… Read More Make Your Own Germ-Killing Spray + Bonus Printable
Did you know that Down–to–Earthy was originally supposed to be a niche blog about leading a natural lifestyle? Of course you didn’t. How could you have known that? Why am I asking such dumb rhetorical questions? I dreamed up the idea for this blog a few years ago, when I was first getting into blog–reading… Read More Essential Oils: The Basics