Author: Erin Augustine

Sustainable Living, Waste Free Living

Why should I eat local food?

I’ve been talking a LOT about local food lately.   It’s summer and when the weather gets warm I quickly become obsessed with my garden (where I grow herbs, vegetables, and fruit), the farmers market, UPick, local roadside stands, foraging in the woods, and buying in bulk to can and freeze […]

Slow Living, Sustainable Living

Sugar Snap Pea Salad

Since the spring vegetables are ripening in our garden one at a time, I’ve been able to obsessively focus on finding recipes to highlight the perfectly ripe and exciting because they’re finally ready to eat veggies.  For a couple of weeks now the object of my obsession has been sugar […]

Harvested chives on my cutting board, with blossoms removed
Slow Living, Waste Free Living

Chives Galore!

I’ve had chives in my herb garden for as long as I can remember, but I’ve never figured out how to incorporate them into my cooking. This spring, since I’m unemployed, the newly appointed head chef, and trying to minimize trips to the grocery store (for both financial and COVID […]

One bar of soap, plus my safety razor
Waste Free Living

My Shampoo Journey

We’ve been on a journey to find a more sustainable solution for shampoo and conditioner for a while now and I think we’ve finally found a permanent solution that all members of the family can live with! I fully believe in progress not perfection. I believe that absolute zero waste […]

Homemade ranch dressing stored in a glass quart jar
Waste Free Living

Homemade Ranch Dressing

If you’re on a mission to reduce your single use plastic and you’ve got even a fraction of space for an herb garden… you should drop everything and start making your own ranch dressing… immediately! The herbs in this recipe are so easy to grow! Thyme is a perennial herb […]