Dear Linda…We are definitely kindred spirits, I grew up in a family of seven i am 3rd to the oldest and my Mom was a wonderful homemaker she was Determined that my sisters and I knew how to keep house and sew iron etc. And it started at a very young age. I had the privilege to be a homemaker myself raising three children. And both of my girls are wonderful homemakers. One especially shared your channel with me. I love watching you so very much your creativity and love for lessons on being your own you. If that even makes sense, as I to am adhd. And go from project to project and I do eventually finish them. I can’t wait to see your garden and new barn. This comment maybe long but it’s from my heart. See you next Sunday Lord Willing.
Linda, I will be 85 in June and I change my home with the seasons! I enjoy and love doing it - paintings, pillows, throws, colours, objet d’art; keeps my interest in decorating current in a Traditional theme! Also keeps me busy, and look forward to planning room schemes!
I was a list maker too when I was a kid. Chores, homework, whatever needed doing! Started at 8 or 9 years old I think. It was mostly housework I because I had a single parent that was not home from early morning until 10:30 or 11:pm. So laundry and housework fell to me. I’m fortunate that it didn’t make me unhappy. I don’t think my exhausted parent really appreciated all that I successfully managed on my own. But I did and it gave me joy. It still gives me so much joy. I love taking care of my home. Clean and organized feels comforting to me. I know it feels labor intensive to many, and it can be. When My kids were young and I was working, it required energy I didn’t always have. That made me realize it was a privilege to be able to do it! For sure, like you said, it’s personal and ever changing. Over the years I’ve been asked why I don’t have any hobbies, something that gives me joy? I usually just responded that I guess I just never found anything that appealed to me enough. But it only now occurs to me now watching your video, that home making might actually be my hobby. Will ya look at that! 😄 Sorry, that was probably an over share, but it was a fun shift in perspective is all. Have a lovely Sunday Kindred One!❤
Oh my my sister just said the same thing the other day that homemaking is her hobby !! She and I both enjoy taking care of our homes. You really starting at an early age doing a lot 9n your own and being alone for many hours ! I don't like clutter around me. So enjoyed you comment. Have a great day !
@ Thanks Linda! I guess it’s a good hobby as there is so much variety right? Cleaning, decorating, cooking, gardening, organizing… I mean, I admit not EVERY aspect is fun (cleaning the bathroom floor and toilet for example 😆), but I’m going to think of it as a hobby from now on! ☺️
After my mom passed, I found a small, “storebought” pink fabric “doily” edged with lace. On the fabric, mom had drawn simple outlines for me to embroider. I was four years old. A piece worth framing.
How precious is that letter?!! 😊💖 Cleaning and decorating is so theraputic to me. I'm grateful that I do enjoy it. I find your videos not only informative and inspirational but so comforting. I hope you enjoy making them as much as we enjoy watching. 🫧🧼💫
I loved your idea of buying small flower pots filled with crocus and other spring flowering bulbs and put them in a basket. It will be beautiful when they bloom. I plan to look around for sprouting bulbs and copy your idea.
So happy that you are replacing the seed oils with healthier options. Your body will thank you. Homemaking is a joy. I think it began, for me, with my Barbie Dream House.
I love Laura too (Garden Answers)! I don’t know how she has the time to post every single day with a property as large as hers and with a family! Thanks so much Linda for all of your time spent on making very creative videos for us too❤
Linda ...this was such a great video and a reminder to me that when I was a young woman, I had a house to take care of, a husband to take care of, kids to raise, and I also worked outside the home. Many times the homemaking aspect would fall to the wayside, because sometimes, something's got to give! When I retired, I realized that I had been given the wonderful gift of becoming a "homemaker"!! I agree with you...home making is not just about housekeeping but it's about all of the wonderful things that one can do... in my case, it's about decorating, crafting, gardening, cooking, baking, arranging flowers, keeping a clean and organized home, and many, many other things! Thank you for such a great video...and for reminding us that keeping a home can be a beautiful thing!🌷🌷
I am 25 and love your channel! I got married last year and your channel inspires me to keep a tidy home and antique seasonal decor. I also love the Instagram updates.
I had to laugh when you were talking about homemaking at different ages. One of my mom's church friends, in her 80's, was talking about buying a new couch. One of the other friends asked in a shocked tone, "You're buying a new couch at your age?" They all had a good laugh over it!
Maybe I’m misunderstanding but that does not sound funny. Someone in their 80’s deserves nice new things as much as anyone else. She was probably excited about a new couch and everyone laughed at her.
I grew up in the era when 'women's lib' was being stressed. Friends, even my teachers, made fun of me because my 'goal in life' was to be a homemaker. That didn't mean I didn't want a career, it just meant that I thought creating a beautiful, inspirational and safe place was almost more important that anything else! I'm 72 and still enjoy homemaking!! :)
Yes! I did too! The women’s lib movement was in the forefront for sure! My mother was a “homemaker” too, she loved to cook and clean and took pride in “keeping a home” But she also was into education and wanted all her daughters to go to college. Her motto was “when you Educate a daughter, you educate a family!” My mother was a great role model in that regard, she was domestic and loved creating an organized home, but also knew the value of an education for daughters during the lib movement, burning bra era! I’m 71
I have been the “homemaker” since about age 8-9! From sewing, knitting, cooking and decorating a designated space in the corner basement of our new ranch home I was fully engaged. Even though my professional life did intruded on my true love, I did everything I could to maintain the passion. Journals full of plans and ideas! Thanks for reminding me of days full of hope and plans. My Goldendoodle, Lola says hello to Miss Willow. Love the topiary idea!
Love the letter. As a teacher of elementary and middle school children for 35 years, I got so tickled. Kudos to two young girls who were eager to work, and do something worthwhile with a building .❤
Linda I love this video! I can remember when I was 4 years old goi g to look at a Dutch Colonial home. I was so thrilled to see fireplaces in several rooms, a pretty foyer and a brick walk up to the house! My mother let me change my bedroom around whenever I wanted. She would just comment with a smile and say "You changed it again. 😄 When I was a teenager I took old but nice drapes and made pillow covers out of them for my room. I love homemaking! I enjoy decorating, flowers and cooking for my family! I absolutely love all your ideas you have for your home. Can't wait to see it all come about! Thank you for sharing! ❤
I love that you have those letters to keep. I recently found out that cursive is not being taught anymore in the state that I live in. I met a grandmother who was sad because her granddaughter wasn’t able to read a beautiful letter that she had written to her.
Love watching this video! 🥰 It's true, Linda, you have inspired me to focus attention on the small tasks-what joy it can bring. The rhythm and momentum. You are so right about homemaking- such a joy. No task too small. You have helped me up my homemaking game. All tasks done with excellence- why not? Such a joy! It is the essence of fone living. Ty!!!
Hi Linda, I've been enjoying your videos since the "Lock-down Period" began. Your videos offer so much inspiration and enjoyment! The Spring bulbs in a basket will surely bring some Joy and help with the transition into Spring. I'm very glad to hear that you're regaining your strength and energy from past weeks. Thanks for all your videos!
Linda, your videos are truly one of the highlights of my week! I discovered your channel in September and have been watching them from oldest to the most recent ever since. I'm taking my time and savoring each and every one of them. I'm planning to go back and re-watch them, taking notes along the way. Would love to see you do a meet & greet with Ben (if he's willing). You two make such a great team, and the love and respect you have for each other is lovely. I love seeing Willow, too! She's so adorable! ❤
Gotta thank you Linda. I was feeling blah about decorating at my age until I watched this video. Well today I ordered candle sconces like yours on eBay. And now I’m going to order a wallpaper sample I’ve been pondering. Thanks for the homemaking spark!
Hello Linda, kindred spirit!! I will be 83 this summer and I decorate for the seasons including changing up the gallery walls. I began wallpapering the summer between 7th and 8th grade. I don't know where I got the supplies, only that it was the upper walls of our kitchen that almost did me in. I got caught up in the paper while on top of the refrigerator and required our neighbors help in getting down. In 9th grade I was signed up for sewing 1 and never looked back. I call it making do and being resourceful. So many projects later, I have 3 sewing machines in my sewing room, a large collection of stencils, over 50 quilts from my hands and I am a trained open hearth cook. While I could go on, you get the idea. I have no regrets only joy from the years that have gone by. As we quilters say, there are no mistakes only opportunities.
We were very poor when i was little. I used to find a small spot in the woods and draw a house plan with the rake handle. Then i would use cardboard boxes for cupboards and put cans my mom threw away for my groceries. I also had a brick that i wrapped up in a piece of old blanket and pretended that it was my baby. 😅 Im 77 and still have a good imagination! And, i still love all aspests of homemaking. Thanks for your videos, linda. I really enjoy them. Happy homemaking.
What a lovely encouraging video Linda! Yes we can be homemakers at any age! My oldest is looking to move 12 hours away in a year and a half to attend law school & we are having constant discussions above how she will be setting up her first apartment & what homemaking will look like as she balances school, work & needing that quite place to retreat to & have ready for lots of family visits. 😊 Can't wait to share this viedo with her. 😊
What a great video. I am much older than you with my fair share of aches and pains. However, I have always loved gardening and home making. Thanks for the reminder that I am not too old to still enjoy those things. Maybe a bit slower than in the past! You have inspired me to clean my pantry this afternoon! It has needed a good cleaning for awhile !
Watching your videos every week are like a visit to a psychiatrist for me. I understand how I can do things no matter my limitations as I am older with health problems You make me love me better and give me hope of spring and I have ivy growing on my fence I can root You are thriving and thanks to you I’m not giving up Grateful for you
My twin sister and have been homemakers from a young age. I bet many kindred spirits here were the same way from a young age. The plan of the garden beds will be beautiful and will be worth waiting for once the construction is done! TFS homemaking at any age!
You have been such a soul soother for me today, Linda. Thank you. As a SAHM to my two special needs kids, I don't have any community or family, or friends really, and I get overburdened with loneliness at times. You fill that void for me, and I am just so grateful. Btw, I still noticed Willow putting herself between you and the woods ;) I am so glad you are feeling better. I was wondering too, how do you store your seeds? I have ordered a couple little packets of some gorgeous black cosmos, as sort of my reminder to keep going (we are in a low spot as I was divorced a few years ago, no steady income, no child support, we have had to move into housing), and it keeps me going to remind myself that one day, I will own my little thatched cottage in the woods that I have wanted all of my life. I am using this time to finish my master's degree and a couple other little degrees (certifications to do phlebotomy and that type of thing). You just uplift me and keep me going doing my best :) Thank you.
I remember the apple orchard across the street when we were growing up and I started organizing the best "chairs" for everyone to sit in all the trees, my favorite called the Pink Pink Tree. Then I started playing house in my garage, arranging lawn chairs, etc., and knew I was a weird kid. I couldn't stop! I love the feeling it brings, creativity is addictive. LOVE your little vintage watering can, btw.
Hi Linda. I also write like you, part script & part print. I learned to be a homemaker from my mom. She not only kept a clean house, she cooked, painted & hung wallpaper. My dad used to say he never knew where his favorite chair would be when he came home😊. It's not the same today. I live with my son & family & and homemaking, is not a priority & my granddaughters get everything done for them. I'm grateful I have my little apartment to get away from the mess. Always love your videos. Have a blessed week.❤
I love the idea of your garden book for planning and dreaming! And in all my years of gardening never thought to save the plant identification markers like you have as a reference. I've kept some loose and always end up losing them. Great ideas I'm going to start this year. Thank you for all of your great tips and ideas!
Linda, I love how everyone of your videos is like a beautiful story told by you! You always seem to keep me interested and I never want it to end! I feel like you are personally just speaking to me …even though I know you have thousands of kindred spirits listening as well! You make me feel special, like we’ve been friends for years! Thank you for that warm feeling inside! You look wonderful and I hope you have have been taking it easy and relaxing a little! Because I look forward to your videos on Sunday! ❤️
It's fun to see how your creative mind works. Can't wait to see the fence and flowers. I like your idea of doing a month by month plan and keeping it in a notebook.
Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home, also sells loads of heirloom seeds from their extensive gardens! I bought some for myself and a friend (she is an avid gardener) and they all grew wonderfully.
Matt RISINGER is an architect who gave a video about fire safety measures. I only mention this because my wooden fence was struck by lightening AND a tree near the house was broken by wind soon after. I want a metal fence which won’t cause the house to burn. Which one I do not know! Today I created a pillow closet! My husband painted the closet and both sides of the door! We renovated /did maintenance on half the house for walls and floors! After 25 years I rearranged my furniture! I can’t imagine doing this more than once every 10 years! When you aren’t moving, how often do you rearrange furniture and change out wall colors? Maybe if I were doing the work with more feedback, I would be doing more change. I have put more wheels on heavy furniture. I have an accountant who said “I do” 35 years ago, so no feedback for things. After 4 months we may hang his grandmother’s mirror.
I am turning 67 this month. I am a retired chaplain. I have 10 years of college, 18 months of doctoral work and I learned how to cook rice at 27. My older sister was special needs, and I was kept back in 2nd grade. I had difficulty being allowed to drive or cook because everyone accommodated my sister. We are still accommodating her because it is humane.
Some people are going to the metal garden beds vs wood. Epic Gardening is selling Birdie’s beds. Deep South Homestead used Vego beds. They are supposed to last much longer than wood. They are expensive though, and I dont know how they hold up in colder climates.
I so enjoyed your video…I’ve missed you during your wellness journey…I have to say the childhood memories of the letter to your parents,loved it and the combo of script and print writing is something I have always done…I am 73 and still do sometimes within a word !!! I also love your garden ideas,question are you planning on creating a greenhouse too? I’m looking forward to your next video…have a fantastic week…Carolyn L ~
Boy can I relate to this video. I have been “homemaking” since I was a young child. Always changing and rearranging my bedroom and the finished basement tv room. My husband says it seems that as soon as I get our current home just the way I want it I get that “itch” to sell so I can do it again at the next house. (We are on our 3rd home). I’ve been dropping hints to him lately that I have one more move in me. This time I want to move out of state. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that he agrees.
This made me smile. We have moved five times. Each home was different from the previous. It honed my decorating skills. One more move in the near future. Keep going if this is your passion, although, with the current market, I would be a little bit patient in planning to house hunt. Homemaking can be an art form.
@ We are definitely going about this slowly and with a lot of thought. My husband is retiring this year and we want to make our next home our forever home.
Very excited to watch your gardens grow and structural design! (I loved the iron fencing around your last garden. Thanks for sharing your Winter Seed Catalog 😊 🪴☕️❄️❤️🍲🌿
I loved this video, Linda. I have always loved homemaking and enjoyed seeing you make breakfast and plant! Now I have the itch! I love rooting things in water too. 💝💝💝
Linda, I do the same thing when I write . I am a kindred spirit. I to always enjoyed keep our home nice and clean, when it came to helping mother. Now that being said: I would be upset when my brothers would mess things up. Love learning about seeds. 💗 see you next week.
OMG….. you talk about homemaking in the 1600. My daughter has always been an old soul. She was knitting,sewing and weaving since she was a small child. My daughter and her family invited me to go along with them to spend an overnight at Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts. An absolutely amazing experience for me to actually physically sleep in a hay bed and to live in one room with a dirt floor. Linda, you would love it. Check it out. ❤
My gosh Linda, you hit on so many topics that are near and dear to me. I was watching as I got my seed trays ready to plant celery. One of my words of intention for 2025 is “slow”. I seem to hurry for no reason and I want to slow down and savor each moment. I don’t know where I learned that everything has to be done with speed and efficiency but I’m so over it! I’m excited to see your plans come to fruition this spring and summer!
Hi Linda, I’ve been watching for a while. Love your channel finally subscribed today. Grew up in New England, but live in the south now always reminds me of my roots when I see your videos.
Linda, so glad you are doing better, I really appreciate you and miss you. When I was a child I was a home maker too, I learned so much about taking care of a home, we love learning from you and sharing with you, excited about what is coming, I think you should compile all your data and write a book titled “ homemakers at any age, would be so lovely!!!! Maybe you can take us to some of your favorite nurseries, looking forward to the fun!!!!! Oh😮 I missed Willow so much too, she is such a sweetie!!!!!!!❤❤❤
Aww, I loved hearing about your childhood and listening to your letter. I too was always playing "house", rearranging my room, etc. I love homemaking now. 😊 Thank you for sharing your garden planning and seed information. I'm going to winter sow some seeds in milk jugs. I'm going to look at Baker Creek Seeds.
What great organization! Jeri Landers also builds waddle fencing in her garden. She has a few videos on garden fencing, and in one she added metal finials to match some old iron fencing.
Thank you for your encouraging words about homemaking. It’s too bad I didn’t know this 50 years ago when women were critiqued for being homemakers. My neighbor gives me an amaryllis bulb for Christmas each year. It is starting to grow and bloom which is wonderful to watch each day in the midst of winter snow storms.
How sweet your little letter is. What a keepsake! Suggestion that flat spot between the windows, would you consider a pink climbing with rose against the house with a trellis. I think it would look beautiful!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹
OMG Linda did you just throw all those egg shells away? I am 72 years old and I recycle everything. No exaggeration. Those shells are perfect ground up and added to your tomato plant soil. Full of calcium and really helps with blossom-end rot. It definitely helps. Love all of your videos.
Linda this was a great video..What a wonderful keepsake you have..Brings back memories for me .I was pretty much the same way and still much of a homemaker today.. Thank you.. Until next time..
Linda I print and script also and have also always wanted and enjoyed cleaning and organizing. Caring for my home and family has been my greatest accomplishment and joy even over my design and building career
Thank you! You might be seeing that I was either feeling better, or I have been making some conscious changes in my life to really, really slow down and enjoy every moment. Taking some time off from work has been somewhat amazing for my soul to recharge.
Oh, how I wish I had written a letter like that. So priceless and precious. I never thought of homemaking that way. I guess I've been a homemaker as a child as well. And then, I got married at 18 and have spent the last 51 plus years homemaking. I'll be 70 this month and have slowed down much more than I would like but I still get things done. And, that 20 year old boy I married? He is now retired and is a huge help to me. Sometimes he even cooks, lol. It's supposed to be 80 here tomorrow in our neck of Texas so I will be out working in the garden beds the hubs built me. They are waist high and I adore them. So do the grands. My 91 year old mother will walk across the street and sit on the patio while I work outside this summer. I am so looking forward to it all. Great video Linda and I love that dog garden form. Wonder if they have greyhounds or chihuahuas? xoxTXDeb
Linda, thank you for another enjoyable video. You always share interesting and inspirational ideas. "Homemaking" is for everyone to embrace, whether you are young or old, male or female, single, or married with a family. For me, I am old, male, and single. Laugh out loud, but you inspire me to make the ordinary things in life "extraordinary". Looking forward to your next adventure and inspiration. God bless your "kindred spirit". Robert.
You gave me inspiration with the ivy! We have a lot of it growing on the hillside down into the woods as ground cover to hold the soil. I’m going out in a few minutes to clip some for inside the house! I have faux plants inside because I’m not the best plant grower lol. But I’m like you and will enjoy seeing them root and then go into soil. This video was fun. Thanks, Linda!!
Didn't have a name for it, but pretty much tried my level best to do this wherever I lived. Wished I had the focus, patience and talent of many elders who tried teaching me the "old ways", though...
Linda I live about an hour away from Baker Creek Seeds it is such a neat place. They have a festival in Spring and Fall and they have a vegetarian restaurant that runs on donation. Also a great bakery but the seed store is huge and I always feel like a kid in a candy store.
...now that you point it out in yourself, I've been a homemaker too since I've been little. My bedroom was only 11 x 11 with minimal options to rearrange furniture, but I kept it clean (vacuuming baseboards and behind furniture); changed my sheets weekly at an early age; and loved seasonal decor. I loved organization (still do!) and had a chores checklist on the closet door (tho' I didn't need reminders.) I had good role models in my Nana and Mama, who taught me how to go about cleaning and (for instance) to place the top flat sheet face down, so you see the right side, when you fold down the cuff over the top of the blanket; hospital corners, too (I was LITTLE!) My Mama had a schedule for each day -- this day ya' do this; tomorrow, we do that, etc. It kept things in order. Mama taught me that things can appear clean (even if they aren't) if everything is in its place. 😉👌 👩🏼🌾💚 =^..^=
You're never too young or too old to enjoy homemaking! I, too, enjoyed it as a child and my affection for it has never waned. That said, I have to say I don't ever use foil, plastic wraps or bags under plant pots. The foil can disintegrate depending on your water, and thin plastic usually isn't durable enough over time. I prefer using a small plastic tub, bowl or saucer (often found in many sizes at home and garden centers) that fits neatly inside the vessel and can hold the pot to ensure water doesn't leak. I also avoid thin or malleable material inside a natural basket to contain water - too much risk of leaks and damage to the basket, so, again, a more rigid and durable item as a base is ideal. (I keep an array of durable plastic trays from supermarket purchases (usually certain meats and vegetables) in various sizes and depths that I wash thoroughly and re-use as waterproof bases inside specific containers.) Looking forward to seeing your seed planting plans come to life this Spring! Thanks, as always, for the inspiration! 🙂
Awesome video, Linda! Glad your changed your oils. Since you're open to comments on info for healthier living, Dawn dish liquid has a lot of unhealthy ingredients.
Glad you’re feeling better & getting some crisp air! I watch Laura too & I think you said one time that you watch Linda Vater, on her show today she said sometime this year that she will be in CT.
I loved cleaning and cooking at a young age. When other children my age were watching cartoons, I was watching Julia Child! Even though my 7 children have left the nest (I’m 76) I still like to watch cooking UA-cam videos.😃
We are thinking of putting the shutters back on after the painters finish this year. I have to fix many of them and repaint them first though. They kept falling apart on us while they were up.
Enjoyed. Although I had a career, homemaking and being a Mom was and is my favorite. I too am planning some landscape improvements. I had a greenhouse installed late last summer and I am planning something like you for in front of it and next to the old barn which we are turning into a home gym. Also dreaming of what I will plant in the flower garden and veg garden. I purchased some new seeds yesterday to try.....
Your comments on being a homemaker as a child couldn't have hit closer to home for me.😂 I remember asking my mom if I could clean and rearrange cupboards. She hated housekeeping so it worked out. BTW the Oui brand of yogurt comes in little glass jars perfect for what you are doing.
Hi Linda! Always look forward to your videos on Sunday afternoon with my coffee. Its -24c here today's and we just had a big dump of snow. Your plant is a kalanchoe. Greetings from Edmonton Alberta Canada 🥶👋
In regards to Mt. Vernon selling seeds, etc, so does Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Plants as well. Mt. Vernon used to sell boxwood propagated from those original to the property ❤️ Check other local to you historic homes, and also arboretums! The one local to me in the past had an annual plant sale on Mother's Day weekend.
I removed all seed oils a few years ago and don’t know how I ever consumed them? Avocado oil, Olive oil, and coconut oil are a staple along side good old fashioned butter, Ghee is also a great choice. 👌🏼
30 degrees f? It is due to be 40 degrees Celsius (104f) in a few hours here in Melbourne Australia today. My poor plants! I feel cooler just watching you out in the snow! Greetings from Aus! 🇦🇺🦘
Vermont’s Tasha Tudor & Family has seeds for sale from her garden. The sale started Feb 1 and sells out fast, but even so her illustrated packets are fun to look at and you can always plan for next year!
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I feel that this is the premise for a beautiful book: Homemaking at Any Age.
I love that!
Dear Linda…We are definitely kindred spirits, I grew up in a family of seven i am 3rd to the oldest and my Mom was a wonderful homemaker she was Determined that my sisters and I knew how to keep house and sew iron etc. And it started at a very young age. I had the privilege to be a homemaker myself raising three children. And both of my girls are wonderful homemakers. One especially shared your channel with me. I love watching you so very much your creativity and love for lessons on being your own you. If that even makes sense, as I to am adhd. And go from project to project and I do eventually finish them. I can’t wait to see your garden and new barn. This comment maybe long but it’s from my heart. See you next Sunday Lord Willing.
Linda, I will be 85 in June and I change my home with the seasons! I enjoy and love doing it - paintings, pillows, throws, colours, objet d’art; keeps my interest in decorating current in a Traditional theme! Also keeps me busy, and look forward to planning room schemes!
I was a list maker too when I was a kid. Chores, homework, whatever needed doing! Started at 8 or 9 years old I think. It was mostly housework I because I had a single parent that was not home from early morning until 10:30 or 11:pm. So laundry and housework fell to me. I’m fortunate that it didn’t make me unhappy. I don’t think my exhausted parent really appreciated all that I successfully managed on my own. But I did and it gave me joy. It still gives me so much joy. I love taking care of my home. Clean and organized feels comforting to me. I know it feels labor intensive to many, and it can be. When My kids were young and I was working, it required energy I didn’t always have. That made me realize it was a privilege to be able to do it! For sure, like you said, it’s personal and ever changing. Over the years I’ve been asked why I don’t have any hobbies, something that gives me joy? I usually just responded that I guess I just never found anything that appealed to me enough. But it only now occurs to me now watching your video, that home making might actually be my hobby. Will ya look at that! 😄 Sorry, that was probably an over share, but it was a fun shift in perspective is all. Have a lovely Sunday Kindred One!❤
Oh my my sister just said the same thing the other day that homemaking is her hobby !! She and I both enjoy taking care of our homes. You really starting at an early age doing a lot 9n your own and being alone for many hours ! I don't like clutter around me. So enjoyed you comment. Have a great day !
@ Thanks Linda! I guess it’s a good hobby as there is so much variety right? Cleaning, decorating, cooking, gardening, organizing… I mean, I admit not EVERY aspect is fun (cleaning the bathroom floor and toilet for example 😆), but I’m going to think of it as a hobby from now on! ☺️
How sweet of your mother to save your precious letters!
After my mom passed, I found a small, “storebought” pink fabric “doily” edged with lace. On the fabric, mom had drawn simple outlines for me to embroider. I was four years old. A piece worth framing.
How precious is that letter?!! 😊💖 Cleaning and decorating is so theraputic to me. I'm grateful that I do enjoy it. I find your videos not only informative and inspirational but so comforting. I hope you enjoy making them as much as we enjoy watching. 🫧🧼💫
I loved your idea of buying small flower pots filled with crocus and other spring flowering bulbs and put them in a basket. It will be beautiful when they bloom. I plan to look around for sprouting bulbs and copy your idea.
So happy that you are replacing the seed oils with healthier options. Your body will thank you. Homemaking is a joy. I think it began, for me, with my Barbie Dream House.
I love Laura too (Garden Answers)! I don’t know how she has the time to post every single day with a property as large as hers and with a family! Thanks so much Linda for all of your time spent on making very creative videos for us too❤
Linda ...this was such a great video and a reminder to me that when I was a young woman, I had a house to take care of, a husband to take care of, kids to raise, and I also worked outside the home. Many times the homemaking aspect would fall to the wayside, because sometimes, something's got to give! When I retired, I realized that I had been given the wonderful gift of becoming a "homemaker"!! I agree with you...home making is not just about housekeeping but it's about all of the wonderful things that one can do... in my case, it's about decorating, crafting, gardening, cooking, baking, arranging flowers, keeping a clean and organized home, and many, many other things! Thank you for such a great video...and for reminding us that keeping a home can be a beautiful thing!🌷🌷
I love how you expressed the meaning of homemaking through the different stages of life. Your childhood letters and lists are so sweet!!!❤
I am 25 and love your channel! I got married last year and your channel inspires me to keep a tidy home and antique seasonal decor. I also love the Instagram updates.
Thank you! I'm so glad you’re enjoying the channel and IG!
that's great! we can all learn from and enjoy Linda at any age!
I had to laugh when you were talking about homemaking at different ages. One of my mom's church friends, in her 80's, was talking about buying a new couch. One of the other friends asked in a shocked tone, "You're buying a new couch at your age?"
They all had a good laugh over it!
so funny!
Maybe I’m misunderstanding but that does not sound funny. Someone in their 80’s deserves nice new things as much as anyone else. She was probably excited about a new couch and everyone laughed at her.
I grew up in the era when 'women's lib' was being stressed. Friends, even my teachers, made fun of me because my 'goal in life' was to be a homemaker. That didn't mean I didn't want a career, it just meant that I thought creating a beautiful, inspirational and safe place was almost more important that anything else! I'm 72 and still enjoy homemaking!! :)
@@susantaft6873 same here. I had a few part time jobs but I loved being in my home. Still do. I’ll be 70 in May.
Yes! I did too! The women’s lib movement was in the forefront for sure! My mother was a “homemaker” too, she loved to cook and clean and took pride in “keeping a home” But she also was into education and wanted all her daughters to go to college. Her motto was “when you Educate a daughter, you educate a family!”
My mother was a great role model in that regard, she was domestic and loved creating an organized home, but also knew the value of an education for daughters during the lib movement, burning bra era! I’m 71
I have been the “homemaker” since about age 8-9! From sewing, knitting, cooking and decorating a designated space in the corner basement of our new ranch home I was fully engaged. Even though my professional life did intruded on my true love, I did everything I could to maintain the passion. Journals full of plans and ideas! Thanks for reminding me of days full of hope and plans. My Goldendoodle, Lola says hello to Miss Willow. Love the topiary idea!
Love the letter. As a teacher of elementary and middle school children for 35 years, I got so tickled.
Kudos to two young girls who were eager to work, and do something worthwhile with a building .❤
Linda I love this video! I can remember when I was 4 years old goi g to look at a Dutch Colonial home. I was so thrilled to see fireplaces in several rooms, a pretty foyer and a brick walk up to the house! My mother let me change my bedroom around whenever I wanted. She would just comment with a smile and say "You changed it again. 😄 When I was a teenager I took old but nice drapes and made pillow covers out of them for my room. I love homemaking! I enjoy decorating, flowers and cooking for my family! I absolutely love all your ideas you have for your home. Can't wait to see it all come about! Thank you for sharing! ❤
I love that you have those letters to keep. I recently found out that cursive is not being taught anymore in the state that I live in. I met a grandmother who was sad because her granddaughter wasn’t able to read a beautiful letter that she had written to her.
Not to mention the US Constitution!
The plants in your kitchen are beautiful! Very homey. Love your show! Wish you posted every day. So grateful Linda!❤
Love watching this video! 🥰
It's true, Linda, you have inspired me to focus attention on the small tasks-what joy it can bring. The rhythm and momentum. You are so right about homemaking- such a joy. No task too small. You have helped me up my homemaking game. All tasks done with excellence- why not? Such a joy! It is the essence of fone living. Ty!!!
Hi Linda, I've been enjoying your videos since the "Lock-down Period" began. Your videos offer so much inspiration and enjoyment! The Spring bulbs in a basket will surely bring some Joy and help with the transition into Spring. I'm very glad to hear that you're regaining your strength and energy from past weeks. Thanks for all your videos!
Linda, your videos are truly one of the highlights of my week! I discovered your channel in September and have been watching them from oldest to the most recent ever since. I'm taking my time and savoring each and every one of them. I'm planning to go back and re-watch them, taking notes along the way.
Would love to see you do a meet & greet with Ben (if he's willing). You two make such a great team, and the love and respect you have for each other is lovely.
I love seeing Willow, too! She's so adorable! ❤
Gotta thank you Linda. I was feeling blah about decorating at my age until I watched this video. Well today I ordered candle sconces like yours on eBay. And now I’m going to order a wallpaper sample I’ve been pondering. Thanks for the homemaking spark!
Hello Linda, kindred spirit!! I will be 83 this summer and I decorate for the seasons including changing up the gallery walls. I began wallpapering the summer between 7th and 8th grade. I don't know where I got the supplies, only that it was the upper walls of our kitchen that almost did me in. I got caught up in the paper while on top of the refrigerator and required our neighbors help in getting down. In 9th grade I was signed up for sewing 1 and never looked back. I call it making do and being resourceful. So many projects later, I have 3 sewing machines in my sewing room, a large collection of stencils, over 50 quilts from my hands and I am a trained open hearth cook. While I could go on, you get the idea. I have no regrets only joy from the years that have gone by. As we quilters say, there are no mistakes only opportunities.
We were very poor when i was little. I used to find a small spot in the woods and draw a house plan with the rake handle. Then i would use cardboard boxes for cupboards and put cans my mom threw away for my groceries. I also had a brick that i wrapped up in a piece of old blanket and pretended that it was my baby. 😅 Im 77 and still have a good imagination! And, i still love all aspests of homemaking. Thanks for your videos, linda. I really enjoy them. Happy homemaking.
What a lovely encouraging video Linda! Yes we can be homemakers at any age! My oldest is looking to move 12 hours away in a year and a half to attend law school & we are having constant discussions above how she will be setting up her first apartment & what homemaking will look like as she balances school, work & needing that quite place to retreat to & have ready for lots of family visits. 😊
Can't wait to share this viedo with her. 😊
What a great video. I am much older than you with my fair share of aches and pains. However, I have always loved gardening and home making. Thanks for the reminder that I am not too old to still enjoy those things. Maybe a bit slower than in the
past! You have inspired me to clean my pantry this afternoon! It has needed a good cleaning for awhile !
The ivy topiaries are lovely. The dog figure is adorable!
Watching your videos every week are like a visit to a psychiatrist for me. I understand how I can do things no matter my limitations as I am older with health problems You make me love me better and give me hope of spring and I have ivy growing on my fence I can root
You are thriving and thanks to you I’m not giving up Grateful for you
My twin sister and have been homemakers from a young age. I bet many kindred spirits here were the same way from a young age. The plan of the garden beds will be beautiful and will be worth waiting for once the construction is done! TFS homemaking at any age!
You have been such a soul soother for me today, Linda. Thank you. As a SAHM to my two special needs kids, I don't have any community or family, or friends really, and I get overburdened with loneliness at times. You fill that void for me, and I am just so grateful. Btw, I still noticed Willow putting herself between you and the woods ;) I am so glad you are feeling better. I was wondering too, how do you store your seeds? I have ordered a couple little packets of some gorgeous black cosmos, as sort of my reminder to keep going (we are in a low spot as I was divorced a few years ago, no steady income, no child support, we have had to move into housing), and it keeps me going to remind myself that one day, I will own my little thatched cottage in the woods that I have wanted all of my life. I am using this time to finish my master's degree and a couple other little degrees (certifications to do phlebotomy and that type of thing). You just uplift me and keep me going doing my best :) Thank you.
I remember the apple orchard across the street when we were growing up and I started organizing the best "chairs" for everyone to sit in all the trees, my favorite called the Pink Pink Tree. Then I started playing house in my garage, arranging lawn chairs, etc., and knew I was a weird kid. I couldn't stop! I love the feeling it brings, creativity is addictive. LOVE your little vintage watering can, btw.
I love this English couple! On YT: My FAVOURITE ENGLISH INTERIOR BOOKS of 2025!
Hi Linda. I also write like you, part script & part print. I learned to be a homemaker from my mom. She not only kept a clean house, she cooked, painted & hung wallpaper. My dad used to say he never knew where his favorite chair would be when he came home😊. It's not the same today. I live with my son & family & and homemaking, is not a priority & my granddaughters get everything done for them. I'm grateful I have my little apartment to get away from the mess. Always love your videos. Have a blessed week.❤
I love the idea of your garden book for planning and dreaming! And in all my years of gardening never thought to save the plant identification markers like you have as a reference. I've kept some loose and always end up losing them. Great ideas I'm going to start this year. Thank you for all of your great tips and ideas!
The garden will be stunning in front of the barn! Fantastic idea ❤ Glad you’re feeling better 😊You always do a beautiful job ❤
Great video Linda! I always enjoy how you appreciate your beautiful home and the homemaking you do for your family!!!
Linda, I love how everyone of your videos is like a beautiful story told by you! You always seem to keep me interested and I never want it to end! I feel like you are personally just speaking to me …even though I know you have thousands of kindred spirits listening as well! You make me feel special, like we’ve been friends for years! Thank you for that warm feeling inside! You look wonderful and I hope you have have been taking it easy and relaxing a little! Because I look forward to your videos on Sunday! ❤️
That's so sweet to hear! Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
It's fun to see how your creative mind works. Can't wait to see the fence and flowers. I like your idea of doing a month by month plan and keeping it in a notebook.
That letter would be so cute to frame and show your grandchildren someday.
That is a great idea!
Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home, also sells loads of heirloom seeds from their extensive gardens! I bought some for myself and a friend (she is an avid gardener) and they all grew wonderfully.
Thank you! Good to know!
Lovely video Linda 😊. Another tip for oil is to store olive oil in a darker bottle to protect it from light exposure 😊. Have a good evening. 🕊️
Matt RISINGER is an architect who gave a video about fire safety measures. I only mention this because my wooden fence was struck by lightening AND a tree near the house was broken by wind soon after. I want a metal fence which won’t cause the house to burn. Which one I do not know!
Today I created a pillow closet! My husband painted the closet and both sides of the door! We renovated /did maintenance on half the house for walls and floors! After 25 years I rearranged my furniture! I can’t imagine doing this more than once every 10 years! When you aren’t moving, how often do you rearrange furniture and change out wall colors? Maybe if I were doing the work with more feedback, I would be doing more change. I have put more wheels on heavy furniture. I have an accountant who said “I do” 35 years ago, so no feedback for things. After 4 months we may hang his grandmother’s mirror.
I am turning 67 this month. I am a retired chaplain. I have 10 years of college, 18 months of doctoral work and I learned how to cook rice at 27. My older sister was special needs, and I was kept back in 2nd grade. I had difficulty being allowed to drive or cook because everyone accommodated my sister. We are still accommodating her because it is humane.
Hmmmm now I have had a metal fence draw lightning and then to my home and we lost all electric components. Things to think about for sure!
Some people are going to the metal garden beds vs wood. Epic Gardening is selling Birdie’s beds. Deep South Homestead used Vego beds. They are supposed to last much longer than wood. They are expensive though, and I dont know how they hold up in colder climates.
@ metal in cold are not going to have more consequences. Start with one if you wonder and want to know.
@@newenglandfineliving without the metal fence , my house was struck , and did not burn then.
I so enjoyed your video…I’ve missed you during your wellness journey…I have to say the childhood memories of the letter to your parents,loved it and the combo of script and print writing is something I have always done…I am 73 and still do sometimes within a word !!! I also love your garden ideas,question are you planning on creating a greenhouse too? I’m looking forward to your next video…have a fantastic week…Carolyn L ~
Me too about the writing combo !
Boy can I relate to this video. I have been “homemaking” since I was a young child. Always changing and rearranging my bedroom and the finished basement tv room. My husband says it seems that as soon as I get our current home just the way I want it I get that “itch” to sell so I can do it again at the next house. (We are on our 3rd home). I’ve been dropping hints to him lately that I have one more move in me. This time I want to move out of state. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that he agrees.
This made me smile. We have moved five times. Each home was different from the previous. It honed my decorating skills. One more move in the near future. Keep going if this is your passion, although, with the current market, I would be a little bit patient in planning to house hunt. Homemaking can be an art form.
@ We are definitely going about this slowly and with a lot of thought. My husband is retiring this year and we want to make our next home our forever home.
Very excited to watch your gardens grow and structural design!
(I loved the iron fencing around your last garden.
Thanks for sharing your Winter Seed Catalog 😊 🪴☕️❄️❤️🍲🌿
Healthy changes are increasing in popularity. Hooray for us. So smart.
I loved this video, Linda. I have always loved homemaking and enjoyed seeing you make breakfast and plant! Now I have the itch! I love rooting things in water too. 💝💝💝
Linda, I do the same thing when I write . I am a kindred spirit. I to always enjoyed keep our home nice and clean, when it came to helping mother. Now that being said: I would be upset when my brothers would mess things up. Love learning about seeds. 💗 see you next week.
OMG….. you talk about homemaking in the 1600. My daughter has always been an old soul. She was knitting,sewing and weaving since she was a small child. My daughter and her family invited me to go along with them to spend an overnight at Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts. An absolutely amazing experience for me to actually physically sleep in a hay bed and to live in one room with a dirt floor. Linda, you would love it. Check it out. ❤
My gosh Linda, you hit on so many topics that are near and dear to me. I was watching as I got my seed trays ready to plant celery. One of my words of intention for 2025 is “slow”. I seem to hurry for no reason and I want to slow down and savor each moment. I don’t know where I learned that everything has to be done with speed and efficiency but I’m so over it! I’m excited to see your plans come to fruition this spring and summer!
Hi Linda, I’ve been watching for a while. Love your channel finally subscribed today. Grew up in New England, but live in the south now always reminds me of my roots when I see your videos.
Really enjoyed your points about how homemaking can change as we age.
A plastic ziplock bag works well in a small container to hold the water for cuttings or cut flowers
Good for you getting rid of seed oils. I love seeing Willow outdoors with you!
Linda, so glad you are doing better, I really appreciate you and miss you. When I was a child I was a home maker too, I learned so much about taking care of a home, we love learning from you and sharing with you, excited about what is coming, I think you should compile all your data and write a book titled “ homemakers at any age, would be so lovely!!!! Maybe you can take us to some of your favorite nurseries, looking forward to the fun!!!!! Oh😮 I missed Willow so much too, she is such a sweetie!!!!!!!❤❤❤
Your childhood letter, or should I say contract, is wonderful! Thank you for sharing.
Aww, I loved hearing about your childhood and listening to your letter. I too was always playing "house", rearranging my room, etc. I love homemaking now. 😊 Thank you for sharing your garden planning and seed information. I'm going to winter sow some seeds in milk jugs. I'm going to look at Baker Creek Seeds.
Love this video and how you go into gardening detail! I’ve learned to much
What great organization! Jeri Landers also builds waddle fencing in her garden. She has a few videos on garden fencing, and in one she added metal finials to match some old iron fencing.
Thank you for your encouraging words about homemaking. It’s too bad I didn’t know this 50 years ago when women were critiqued for being homemakers. My neighbor gives me an amaryllis bulb for Christmas each year. It is starting to grow and bloom which is wonderful to watch each day in the midst of winter snow storms.
How sweet your little letter is. What a keepsake! Suggestion that flat spot between the windows, would you consider a pink climbing with rose against the house with a trellis. I think it would look beautiful!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹
Lovely video Linda as usual !! Yes I do the "combo writing also " Love homemaking. Looking forward to seeing you and Bens 0lans come to fruition. 😊😊❤❤
This is awesome total inspiration for me, a person who shares your love for homemaking. It's to share as well as to teach.
Wonderful video, Linda; thank you! ❤❤❤
Such lovely parents ❤ I ordered seeds from the company you were looking at last week. I had questions and they were so kind, quick and helpful!
OMG Linda did you just throw all those egg shells away? I am 72 years old and I recycle everything. No exaggeration. Those shells are perfect ground up and added to your tomato plant soil. Full of calcium and really helps with blossom-end rot. It definitely helps. Love all of your videos.
Linda this was a great video..What a wonderful keepsake you have..Brings back memories for me .I was pretty much the same way and still much of a homemaker today.. Thank you.. Until next time..
Linda I print and script also and have also always wanted and enjoyed cleaning and organizing. Caring for my home and family has been my greatest accomplishment and joy even over my design and building career
Linda, something about you feels lighter! I always enjoy your videos now more than ever !
Thank you! You might be seeing that I was either feeling better, or I have been making some conscious changes in my life to really, really slow down and enjoy every moment. Taking some time off from work has been somewhat amazing for my soul to recharge.
...the Promise of Springtime also helps!
Oh, how I wish I had written a letter like that. So priceless and precious. I never thought of homemaking that way. I guess I've been a homemaker as a child as well. And then, I got married at 18 and have spent the last 51 plus years homemaking. I'll be 70 this month and have slowed down much more than I would like but I still get things done. And, that 20 year old boy I married? He is now retired and is a huge help to me. Sometimes he even cooks, lol. It's supposed to be 80 here tomorrow in our neck of Texas so I will be out working in the garden beds the hubs built me. They are waist high and I adore them. So do the grands. My 91 year old mother will walk across the street and sit on the patio while I work outside this summer. I am so looking forward to it all. Great video Linda and I love that dog garden form. Wonder if they have greyhounds or chihuahuas? xoxTXDeb
Have you ever thought about putting in a pond? You have the setting for it!❤
I cannot wait to see your fence up and your little kitchen garden. I am so envious of you.! ❤
Linda, thank you for another enjoyable video. You always share interesting and inspirational ideas. "Homemaking" is for everyone to embrace, whether you are young or old, male or female, single, or married with a family. For me, I am old, male, and single. Laugh out loud, but you inspire me to make the ordinary things in life "extraordinary". Looking forward to your next adventure and inspiration. God bless your "kindred spirit". Robert.
You gave me inspiration with the ivy! We have a lot of it growing on the hillside down into the woods as ground cover to hold the soil. I’m going out in a few minutes to clip some for inside the house! I have faux plants inside because I’m not the best plant grower lol. But I’m like you and will enjoy seeing them root and then go into soil. This video was fun. Thanks, Linda!!
Didn't have a name for it, but pretty much tried my level best to do this wherever I lived.
Wished I had the focus, patience and talent of many elders who tried teaching me the "old ways", though...
So glad to see you up and getting your full energy back. Fun video! I also Hal’s print and half cursive. Hugs🌸
Linda I live about an hour away from Baker Creek Seeds it is such a neat place. They have a festival in Spring and Fall and they have a vegetarian restaurant that runs on donation. Also a great bakery but the seed store is huge and I always feel like a kid in a candy store.
...now that you point it out in yourself, I've been a homemaker too since I've been little. My bedroom was only 11 x 11 with minimal options to rearrange furniture, but I kept it clean (vacuuming baseboards and behind furniture); changed my sheets weekly at an early age; and loved seasonal decor. I loved organization (still do!) and had a chores checklist on the closet door (tho' I didn't need reminders.) I had good role models in my Nana and Mama, who taught me how to go about cleaning and (for instance) to place the top flat sheet face down, so you see the right side, when you fold down the cuff over the top of the blanket; hospital corners, too (I was LITTLE!) My Mama had a schedule for each day -- this day ya' do this; tomorrow, we do that, etc. It kept things in order. Mama taught me that things can appear clean (even if they aren't) if everything is in its place. 😉👌
👩🏼🌾💚 =^..^=
You're never too young or too old to enjoy homemaking! I, too, enjoyed it as a child and my affection for it has never waned. That said, I have to say I don't ever use foil, plastic wraps or bags under plant pots. The foil can disintegrate depending on your water, and thin plastic usually isn't durable enough over time. I prefer using a small plastic tub, bowl or saucer (often found in many sizes at home and garden centers) that fits neatly inside the vessel and can hold the pot to ensure water doesn't leak. I also avoid thin or malleable material inside a natural basket to contain water - too much risk of leaks and damage to the basket, so, again, a more rigid and durable item as a base is ideal. (I keep an array of durable plastic trays from supermarket purchases (usually certain meats and vegetables) in various sizes and depths that I wash thoroughly and re-use as waterproof bases inside specific containers.)
Looking forward to seeing your seed planting plans come to life this Spring! Thanks, as always, for the inspiration! 🙂
Loving the kindred spirit travel tumbler. Another beautiful vlog. I am running to the garden center to make my own inside spring bulb garden. ❤
Wonderful!!!! Mine should be arriving any day now!
Awesome video, Linda! Glad your changed your oils. Since you're open to comments on info for healthier living, Dawn dish liquid has a lot of unhealthy ingredients.
I really like to clean and especially to organize my home.
Glad you’re feeling better & getting some crisp air! I watch Laura too & I think you said one time that you watch Linda Vater, on her show today she said sometime this year that she will be in CT.
I loved cleaning and cooking at a young age. When other children my age were watching cartoons, I was watching Julia Child! Even though my 7 children have left the nest (I’m 76) I still like to watch cooking UA-cam videos.😃
Your parents empowered you…..that’s why you are a success today😊
I'm going to watch this video over and over and over again. Thank you so much.
You’re welcome! I’m so glad you liked it!
Thanks for the fun! This was a truly sweet video.🌱
The fenced garden will be lovely ,I can't wait but I do have to say that I miss your beautiful shutters on the house .
We are thinking of putting the shutters back on after the painters finish this year. I have to fix many of them and repaint them first though. They kept falling apart on us while they were up.
Enjoyed. Although I had a career, homemaking and being a Mom was and is my favorite. I too am planning some landscape improvements. I had a greenhouse installed late last summer and I am planning something like you for in front of it and next to the old barn which we are turning into a home gym. Also dreaming of what I will plant in the flower garden and veg garden. I purchased some new seeds yesterday to try.....
Love your channel ! I change from script to print too. 💕 😊
Can't wait til I retire so that I can really get in to all the work and fun you can do around your home. Right now, just hitting the high spots! LOL
Your comments on being a homemaker as a child couldn't have hit closer to home for me.😂 I remember asking my mom if I could clean and rearrange cupboards. She hated housekeeping so it worked out. BTW the Oui brand of yogurt comes in little glass jars perfect for what you are doing.
Love your kitchen SO much? I would love several decorative plates above the window and doors in your kitchen!😊
Throughly enjoyed. Thanks as always.
Loved absolutely everything you shared!!! ❤❤❤❤
Hi Linda! Always look forward to your videos on Sunday afternoon with my coffee. Its -24c here today's and we just had a big dump of snow. Your plant is a kalanchoe. Greetings from Edmonton Alberta Canada 🥶👋
In regards to Mt. Vernon selling seeds, etc, so does Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Plants as well. Mt. Vernon used to sell boxwood propagated from those original to the property ❤️ Check other local to you historic homes, and also arboretums! The one local to me in the past had an annual plant sale on Mother's Day weekend.
I removed all seed oils a few years ago and don’t know how I ever consumed them? Avocado oil, Olive oil, and coconut oil are a staple along side good old fashioned butter, Ghee is also a great choice. 👌🏼
I just bought Ghee for the first time last week. I have not used it yet though
30 degrees f? It is due to be 40 degrees Celsius (104f) in a few hours here in Melbourne Australia today. My poor plants! I feel cooler just watching you out in the snow! Greetings from Aus! 🇦🇺🦘
Vermont’s Tasha Tudor & Family has seeds for sale from her garden. The sale started Feb 1 and sells out fast, but even so her illustrated packets are fun to look at and you can always plan for next year!
I totally forgot about that! I saw that on their website and never made note of it. Thank you Linda for letting all of us know!