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Putting down roots, dusting out the corners.
What makes a home your own? pulling weeds and planting your own flowers around the yard sucking up cobwebs and dust, sweeping out old dead leaves sitting down and enjoying the view, filling your eyes, ears, nose with the world around you talking to the insects and feeding the birds Pleasant, pastoral work. Sweat on…
Bee or Wasp?
What just buzzed past my head?! The new house has a lot of life to it, and that includes our insect buddies. We’ve seen a few buzzy members of the bee or wasp and hornet variety: cicada killers, paper wasps, and a mess o’yellow jackets living in the barns and outbuildings. We’ve been treading carefully, as…
The Pixies have a new homestead!
This is it! The big announcement I’ve been waiting to share with you all… I was handed the keys to our brand new house and acre of land! First time homeownership for the win!!! We’re just starting to move all of our things to the new space, which is about 30 minutes from our…
Holding Space – You are not alone.
Hello everyone. I hope you all have been doing reasonably well despite all of the reasons to not be well lately…violence, anger, pain, suffering is everywhere and we are most of us attached to a flowing stream of information that feeds it to us in a steady drip. One of the things that I do…
Things I Love: Keeping Hives Alive and more…
Thanks for your patience as things develop here at the Pixie household…good news coming soon! In the meantime, here’s a few things that caught my interest and might get yours, as well! First off, if you aren’t familiar with Sow True Seed, allow me to introduce you! Sow True Seed helps me out quite…
Announcing The First Ever Pixie’s Pocket Hangout!
I am crazy stressed, crazy busy, and just plain crazy…even though I’m not fully prepared, I’m an actress and improviser and by gum, I’m doing this tomorrow, y’all! Join me! June 8, 2016 at 8pm EST CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE AWKWARDING If you click that link now, you can RSVP to the event, and…
A tiny leave of absence…
I need your patience for a bit, friends! I’ll still be filling orders, and I promise I’m working on posts and things. I wasn’t trying to kick off my Patreon and drop out of existence, I swear! There’s some awesome things percolating around the Pixie household and I can’t quite reveal the news yet. Bear…
Orlando lawns into suburban gardens!
From NPR: Florida is sometimes known for the nicely groomed lawns of homeowners who enjoy their green carpets of grass. Chris Castro is changing that by working on a project that’s turning his neighbors’ lawns into working gardens full of delicious produce. Chris Castro has an obsession — turning the perfectly manicured lawns in his…
A gem of a Dandelion Wine recipe!
It started on Pinterest, browsing for brewing goodies, when I was directed to this gorgeous recipe on a forum called “X Marks the Scot.” The image that led me there belonged to a gentleman who started a thread in the forum titled “My Irish Grandmother’s Recipe for Dandelion Wine.” Well, that got MY attention. I…
Raised Beds and Making Do in the Garden
Eric and I have been working on our rental property. We have been hemming and hawing and searching for a property to purchase for years now. We haven’t found the right spot, and so we’re still renting our current home. We haven’t found our ideal homestead, and we’re tired of waiting. We like living here pretty…
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