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our hardwood countertops in the Mountain Cottage kitchen

How We Made Kitchen Countertops from Hardwood Flooring

February 4, 2021 by Autumn 2 Comments

Filed Under: About, Our Handbuilt Cottage Tagged With: home building projects, mountain cottage kitchen, the mountain cottage

a pile of freshly pulled onions, ready for drying

A Year’s Review of the Mountain Cottage Gardens

January 21, 2021 by Autumn 1 Comment

Filed Under: creating our farmstead, Gardening Tagged With: garden soil, garden tips, organic gardening

A blogger's workspace on a the kitchen table with computer, camera and a cup of tea

Why I Began Blogging (and what it costs)

October 22, 2020 by Autumn 4 Comments

Filed Under: About, Musings & Stories Tagged With: blogging, life snippets

A red armchair next a cream and white, painted door

Painting the Cottage Doors

September 3, 2020 by Autumn Leave a Comment

Filed Under: About, Our Handbuilt Cottage Tagged With: home decor, homemaking life, homemaking tips, mountain cottage

A grassy pathway through hugelkultar gardens

Year 2 in the Hugelkultur Kitchen Gardens

August 27, 2020 by Autumn 5 Comments

Filed Under: creating our farmstead, Farmgirl, Gardening Tagged With: cottage garden, garden tips, grow food, organic gardening

A little girl holding a sunhat in hayfield

4 Filters to Use When You’re Dreaming About Country Life

August 6, 2020 by Autumn 6 Comments

Filed Under: Country Living, creating our farmstead, Farmgirl, Musings & Stories

gardens in front of the Mountain Cottage

I’m Here to Confess I Lost My Way

July 16, 2020 by Autumn 24 Comments

Filed Under: Musings & Stories Tagged With: faith stories, farm life, life snippets

A row of mulched soil with green brassicas

A Simple Way to Turn Lawn Into a Vegetable Garden

July 2, 2020 by Autumn Leave a Comment

Filed Under: creating our farmstead, Farmgirl, Gardening Tagged With: garden tips, grow food, vegetable garden

My Guest Interview With Melissa K. Norris

June 25, 2020 by Autumn Leave a Comment

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Just Two Country Kids Who Saved

March 23, 2020 by Autumn 2 Comments

Filed Under: creating our farmstead, Our Handbuilt Cottage Tagged With: our story, saving money

Dreaming of Gardens, Ducks and Roses

January 30, 2020 by Autumn Leave a Comment

Filed Under: About, creating our farmstead Tagged With: ducks, farm dreaming, my meanderings, organic gardening

The Day We Took Old Laying Hens

The Day We Took Old Laying Hens

November 22, 2019 by Autumn 2 Comments

Filed Under: Country Living, Musings & Stories Tagged With: Butchering, chickens, raising poultry

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My name is Autumn! I'm all about handmade homes, from scratch cooking, gardening, preserving and helping the modern homemaker embrace traditional homemaking skills!

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