Simple Lives Thursday #54

Thank you for coming by and linking up your post for Simple Lives Thursday blog hop!


Twitter Chat Fun!
Thank you so much to everyone that attended our first twitter chat! We had so much fun that we are talking about making this a regular event. How often? We’re not sure yet… once a month, once every other month? We also talked about a time that works best for everyone and it seems it might be best to hold it later in the evening when families have settled in for the night.


What are your thoughts? Tell us, what would you like to see. Once a month, once every other month? What time works best for you and your family?


Please leave a reply in the comments below. That will helps us out!


Back to the hop. Check out our top 5 and I can’t wait to see what everybody shares this week!

Top Five Featured Posts From Last Week's Submissions!

For our featured posts, please grab the badge above and display it on your site! Link it to one of the host blogs' posts for that specific week that you were featured.

1. Harvesting Native Pennycress by Tools for Kitchens.
How to pennycress seeds for culinary uses which the author compares to bold garlicky spices in salami. Fantastic information!

2. Herbal Tea, Infusion, Decoction by THE WOODWIFE'S JOURNAL.
It’s so simple to grow herbal teas in your garden and saves on packaging and transportation over tea bags from a store. You can personalize it to suit your mood and ailment. Woodwife shows you just how simple it can be.

3. An Herbal Experience by Peaceful Acres Farm.
A great homemade shampoo recipe for dry curly hair.

4. Cooking for Beginners: GARLIC by Ruth's Real Food.
A real food kitchen begins with garlic!

5. For the Love of Horns and Hooves: Part 1 by Got Goats.
A heartwarming journey to farming begins.

Simple Lives Thursday Blog Hop
Woohoo! Congrats to those five! So, today is Simple Lives Thursday... A fun blog hop dedicated to anything and everything about simple living. Please share with us how are you living your life simply... we all want to know!


There is so much to learn about living simply these days... making lacto-ferments, raising animals, living off-grid, cooking with real food, gardening, raising family, homeschooling, homemade body products, natural cleaners, frugal ways, creating art with recycled materials, homesteading, homeopathy, growing herbs for health and much more!


Simply hosted by:

• Wardeh @ GNOWFGLINS
• Diana @ A Little Bit of Spain in Iowa
• Annette @ Sustainable Eats
• Alicia @ Culinary Bliss
• And me... the Noisy Mama  :o)

Be Simple and Share Your Post!

Make your "Simple Lives Thursday" post on your blog and come back here. Below you will find the Linky box where you can post your simple ideas, tips & recipes. Please add a link to this post at the end of your blog post entry and share with your readers that it is part of this week's Simple Lives Thursday. Feel free to download the badge above and upload it to your post!

Also, when you link here... your post will appear on all five blogs!

For those who don't have blogs... Please share your ideas, tips and recipes about simple living below in my noisy comments area. Don't get left out!

Everybody, take the time to visit the linked blogs. Sharing your favorites on Facebook or Tweet would be awesome! Spread the wealth of simple living!

Please Read & Follow the Rules

Since Simple Lives Thursday is growing, as a group, the five hosts have decided to set some ground rules in order to keep the integrity of the blog hop.

1. If linking real, traditional and simple recipes, please make sure all ingredients used are whole. Such as whole grains, vegetables, legumes, meats, even sugar. In order to keep the integrity of "nourishing" food, we will delete any recipes that utilize processed, boxed foods. We are definitely not going to be ingredient policeman, however, please note that this is a hop hosted by advocates of the real, local and sustainable food movements.

2. Please link your posts back to one of the hosting blogs. This is a common blog hop courtesy. This link helps build the Simple Lives Thursday community by sending your readers to all of the other participants posts. We all end up sharing and learning from each other.

Hugs!