...raise chickens, keep bees, and know how to can. I know this because I'm a slave to Small Measure, a blog by homesteader, author, and sustainable living aficionado(a?), Ashley English.
Ashley fulfills all of my fantasies about country living - cuddling chickens (you know how I feel about chickens), eating lavender-scented honey from your own bees, cooking wholesome, organic food from your own garden. Think Laura Ingalls Wilder with sassy glasses and a sense of humor.
Here's a sweet idea: Ashley is holding a canning contest on the first Monday of every month. Leave a comment on the contest post and if you're the lucky duck, Ashley will send you something delicious she canned herself using recipes from her upcoming book, Homemade Living: Canning & Preserving. Peach and lavender butter: HELLS TO THE YEAH.
Ashley, please do not be alarmed if I show up unannounced at your doorstep, attach myself to your leg, and cry like a petulant child when you ask me politely if I would please piddle outside.
All images from Small Measure.
