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Skin Hydrating Lotion Bars

13 December 2022

Summer is here, and so is the risk of dry, damaged skin from long days spent in the garden, at the beach, or out on “Skin Hydrating Lotion Bars”

  • Chemical Free
  • Simple Living
  • Soap & Cosmetic Making

DIY Shaving Soap

6 December 2022

There are a lot of shaving creams and soaps out there, all coming in various types of containers and all at different price ranges. Everything “DIY Shaving Soap”

  • Chemical Free
  • Simple Living
  • Soap & Cosmetic Making
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DIY Shampoo

30 November 2022

Have you ever considered making your own shampoo? There are so many things that we just go out a buy, costing us more and more “DIY Shampoo”

  • Cooking
  • Simple Living

Homemade Muesli

10 October 2022

I have been thinking about Christmas lately. Someone I know started a countdown and keeps telling me how many days till Christmas. Annoying friends aside, “Homemade Muesli”

  • Chemical Free
  • Simple Living

DIY Tooth Powder

5 October 2022

Do you know what is in your toothpaste? I think it is a fair question, especially since you put it in your mouth every day. “DIY Tooth Powder”

  • Cooking
  • Simple Living

Pastry for a Single Crust Pie, Sweet or Savoury

19 April 2022

Back in August 2021, I published my apple pie recipe, handed down to me by my mother. I was asked at that time if I “Pastry for a Single Crust Pie, Sweet or Savoury”

  • Fermenting
  • Gut Health
  • Simple Living

Making your own Kombucha

10 June 2021

Kombucha is a fermented tea that was very popular when I was young. Like many foods, it went out of fashion, and for many years, “Making your own Kombucha”

  • Simple Living

The Self-Sufficient Lifestyle

11 August 2020

It has been a difficult time for many of us, both here in Australia and around the world. Just as things started to get back “The Self-Sufficient Lifestyle”

  • Gardening
  • Simple Living

Seed Saving; a Natural Extension to my Gardening

29 April 2020

I have been saving seeds from my garden for years. To me, it is just a natural extension of my gardening. This year, it has “Seed Saving; a Natural Extension to my Gardening”

  • Cooking
  • Simple Living

Making Your Own Healthy Muesli

15 April 2020

I eat muesli in the mornings with home-made yoghurt on a regular basis. It seems to be the perfect blend of prebiotic and probiotic goodness “Making Your Own Healthy Muesli”

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Hello! My name is Valerie Pearson and I live in Queensland on the Granite Belt, just outside of Stanthorpe. Welcome to my simple living blog!

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