Corina from The Hopewell Homestead is one of my most favorite homesteading and simple living experts to follow on Instagram. So it was such an awesome experience to get to speak with her in this episode of the Simple Living Made Simple Podcast.

We talk all about homecentric and holistic living, as well as, what it means to be a Hopesteader and build the homestead life you dream of. It was such a fun and inspiring conversation, you don’t want to miss!

Corina is a heart-centered homemaker with a passion for teaching others new and old ways to live more intentionally in their own homes. She focuses on developing and sharing real food recipes, building out a homestead, and serving others through education on how to live a more natural lifestyle. She combines these passions in her daily life and shares what she learns along the way on her blog and social media platforms and more detail in her upcoming book – the natural minded homemaker. 

The Hopewell Homestead blog

The Hopewell Homestead Instagram

The Homecentric Podcast

In this episode, I got to speak with Robyn from Cheese from scratch all about the basics of home cheesemaking. She breaks down all you need to get started and clears up common misconceptions and questions when it comes to making your own cheese.  We talk about what kinds of cheese to start with, cheese making science, and how to get over your hesitations and start making your cheese in your own home today!

Robyn is the creator of Cheese From Scratch, an online business that empowers and teaches milkmaids as well as educates homestead cheesemakers around the world.  Together Robyn and her husband homestead and ranch in Northern British Columbia where they raise their three young children and work to grow the bulk of their own food.

You can find Robyn here:

Cheese from Scratch Website

Cheese from Scratch Instagram 

After a few months break, I am back! I had to take an unexpected few weeks off because teething babies and sick kids took over our house.  I am back with an episode all about 5 things that I do to help keep my sanity when I am overwhelmed with life’s unexpected events.  These 5 things help me recharge and get back on track quickly. 

In this week’s episode we are talking all about building trading relationships and how to become more community sufficient, instead of just self-sufficient!

My guest this week is awesome and the perfect person to talk about this topic.

I got the awesome opportunity to speak with Kate from Venison for Dinner about her many trading relationships, how she leverages her family’s skills and knowledge and how she keeps herself rich and plentiful by utilizing the skills and good of her community.

It was such a good and important conversation and you don’t want to miss it!

Kate Schat is a mom of 5 who lives in Northern BC Canada. Her family strives to raise as much as they can, with the goal of community sufficiency over self sufficiency. You can find her at www.venisonfordinner.com and @venisonfordinner on instagram and YouTube. 

Do you love old homes? I do!

If you are interested in historically accurate renovations, decorating old farmhouses, antiquing and thrifting that you are probably familiar with my guest this week, Paige from Farmhouse Vernacular.

Paige has one of my favorite You Tube channels and I was so excited to have her on the podcast this week.

In this week’s episode we talk about:

• How you can figure out the age of your old home,
• Resources for historically accurate home design,
• The difference between modern kitchens and traditional kitchens,
• How to make your house work hard for you.

It was so much fun and you don’t want to miss this one!

Farmhouse Vernacular You Tube

Farmhouse Vernacular Blog 

Paige (founder of Farmhouse Vernacular) and her husband purchased a run-down farmhouse in rural Kentucky in 2017. They have spent the last five years renovating it into a cozy, somewhat historically accurate home. Paige shares about home design, efficiency, canning, self-sufficiency, and farm life. You can usually find her painting a room, thrifting for glorious treasures, canning something up in the kitchen, or cuddling a cat.