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DIY is the way I prefer to do almost everything in life. We don’t have a lot of extra money to pay people to do things we can easily do ourselves. Plus, I get a huge amount of satisfaction from cooking, making, baking and doing. I prefer to see my hard work rewarded! Growing up in an Amish community, I have had a lot of practice with making things from scratch! It’s a way of life for my family and I.

I DIY body and cleaning products because I strive to have a chemical-free home and to only expose my husband and kids to things that are healthy for them. Nothing toxic! When you have strict rules like no toxins in your home, you have to learn to do-it-yourself when it comes to bath and cleaning products. 

Our family has food allergies, so we eat gluten-free. But I DIY my baking mix because gluten-free mix is expensive!

Lastly, we are DIY-ing our own mobile home right now! Re-doing a mobile home from scratch is hard work but it feels so good! 

Lavender-Lemon Homemade Laundry Detergent Without Borax

August 28, 2018 By Elise New 5 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

homemade lemon lavender laundry detergent

I’m so excited to share this Lavender Lemon Homemade Laundry Detergent Without Borax with you. It’s a mouthful of a name, but it’s surprisingly easy to make! I’ve had an affinity for making homemade homemaking products almost ever since I can remember, and certainly long before I knew anything Keep Reading

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DIY Hair Detangler With Essential Oils

August 18, 2018 By Elise New 1 Comment This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

homemade hair detangler with essential oils

Don't laugh, but this DIY Hair Detangler With Essential Oils has been a life saver for my relationship with  my daughter. ;) I remember when I was a kid, getting my hair brushed was torture. It felt like my mom was just trying to rip the hair out of my head. But I guess I kinda forgot what it was Keep Reading

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Our DIY Septic System Install

July 26, 2018 By Elise New 4 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

digging pit with a backhoe

One of the things I’ve been asked about the most during our mobile home remodel is, what about the septic system? That’s a toughie. Gabe has always been fascinated with composting toilets ever since I've known him, so I (after much deliberation) conceded that this might be the time to give them a Keep Reading

Filed Under: DIY, Mobile Home Reno

Summer vegetables To Grow {What To Plant In July}

July 3, 2018 By Elise New 1 Comment This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

garden of squash

In the spring, we gardeners are excited to get into the dirt and start planting. We’ve been a bit cooped up over the winter. we pour over a spring garden guide making plans, and just can’t wait to get out of the house and see things start turning green. But summer is a funny time. It’s scorching Keep Reading

Filed Under: DIY, Farm/Garden, Gardening, Live Well

Homemade Rosemary Vanilla Soap Recipe

April 26, 2018 By Elise New 1 Comment This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

This homemade rosemary vanilla soap recipe smells divine, and leaves your skin super soft and clean. Your whole family will love it! One of the things I love most about making homemade soap is that I get to make small batch, after small batch, and change up the essential oils that I use to make Keep Reading

Filed Under: Bath and Body, DIY, Live Well

Garden Companion Planting Guide

March 29, 2018 By Elise New Leave a Comment This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

Get your gardening companion planting cheat sheet

Are you gardening this spring? You’ll want this Garden Companion Planting Guide to make sure you have the best garden ever! I’m really excited about gardening this spring. If you’ve been hanging around the Frugal Farm Wife Facebook page, you already know that we’ve been growing micro greens on the Keep Reading

Filed Under: Farm/Garden, Gardening, Live Well

Easy Homemade Foaming Hand Soap Recipe

March 8, 2018 By Elise New 5 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

Did you know you can make your own homemade foaming hand soap? So cool, right?! Honestly, I didn’t think foaming hand soap was worth getting worked up about when I first heard about it… but then I had kids. After wasting who knows how much soap with them pumping it into their hands, I realized Keep Reading

Filed Under: Bath and Body, DIY, Live Well

How We Got All Our Kitchen Appliances For $400

January 18, 2018 By Elise New 2 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

When we bought our 40 year old mobile home back in last January (2017), I don’t think we really knew what we were getting into. I mean, there’s a difference between knowing, and knowing, right? And it ended up costing us more to renovate than we were hoping when we started doing things like Keep Reading

Filed Under: DIY, Mobile Home Reno, Save Money, ways to save money

We Finally Moved Into Our 40 Year-Old Mobile Home

December 7, 2017 By Elise New 8 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

Last January, we bought a 40-year-old mobile home for $1,000. It was a bit of a crazy whim. Gabe and I had talked - briefly - about buying a mobile home to put out on the farm so we could stop paying rent, stop driving from town to farm every day, and finally, after seven years, have a place that Keep Reading

Filed Under: DIY, Family, Farm Life, Mobile Home Reno

On Renovation and Marriage

August 26, 2017 By Elise New 2 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy for more info.

If there’s one thing this house renovation has taught me, it’s that after eight years, Gabe and I are still getting to know each other. I know that sounds ominous, but it’s really not - not in the way that one contractor made it sound when he rattled off the percentage of couples who end in divorce Keep Reading

Filed Under: DIY, Family, Mobile Home Reno

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