Welcome to Seasonal Simple Life
Join me in creating a self-sufficient, sustainable life through gardening, preserving, and simple living.
Every season offers fresh opportunities to grow your skills and reconnect with nature’s rhythms. 
Latest Posts
January Seed Starting Guide: 11 Vegetables to Sow Now for a Successful Harvest
I don’t know about you but once the festive season is over and life starts again in January, my...
How to Build a Greenhouse from Scratch: Complete DIY Guide (2026)
Ever dreamed of a greenhouse but couldn’t afford the €5,000+ price tag? I built my own 27-square-metre wooden greenhouse from scratch for just €1,310—with no carpentry experience and no permanent foundation (perfect for rented gardens!). This complete guide walks you through every step: from creating a string frame and setting ground sleeves to installing windows and covering with weather-resistant tarp. Four years later, it’s still standing strong through Bavarian storms. If I could build this as a complete beginner, you can too. All you need is patience, basic tools, and a few weekends.
How to Do a Pantry Audit: Step-by-Step Organisation and Rotation System
When my son brought me a six-year-old jar of brown, sluggish pumpkin from our pantry, I knew something had to change. A proper pantry audit and rotation system isn’t just about organisation—it saves money, reduces food waste, and ensures you’re always eating fresh ingredients. Learn how to transform your pantry chaos into an efficient system that actually works in real life.
From the Garden
How to get rid of fungus gnats
Those tiny black flies swarming around your seedlings aren’t just annoying—they’re fungus gnats, and their larvae are eating your plants’ roots! Learn how to identify these common indoor pests and eliminate them using natural methods like nematodes, predatory mites, yellow sticky traps, and proper watering techniques. From prevention (sterilizing soil) to treatment (biological controls that actually work), discover chemical-free solutions to protect your precious seedlings.
Small garden, huge harvest: Maximising your small vegetable garden
When I was a child, we had a vegetable garden of about 40 square meters. Seeing that we were six...
Seed-starting cucumbers: how to get healthy seedlings
Starting cucumbers from seed indoors is a rewarding way to ensure strong, productive plants for your summer garden, balcony, or greenhouse. Cucumbers thrive in warm conditions, and getting a head start by sowing seeds early allows you to enjoy crisp, homegrown fruits throughout the season. The process begins with choosing the right varieties for your growing space—compact or pickling types for outdoor beds and parthenocarpic (female-flowering) ones for greenhouse cultivation. Begin sowing in early April or in succession through mid-June to extend your harvest. Using adequately sized pots filled with mature compost or quality seed-starting mix ensures healthy root development, and maintaining warmth and light helps seedlings grow sturdy rather than leggy. Proper watering and a gradual hardening-off routine prepare your cucumber starts for transplanting outdoors once the weather is reliably warm.
From the Pantry
Fermented lemons
When I first heard about fermented lemons, I wondered what you could use them for. After all, if...
Is My Ferment Safe? How to Identify and Fix Common Fermentation Problems
Worried that your ferment has gone wrong? This beginner-friendly fermentation troubleshooting guide explains common problems like Kahm yeast, mold, cloudy brine, soft vegetables, and bad smells. Learn what’s normal, how to fix issues, and when a ferment should be discarded.
From the Kitchen
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About Me
Imagine growing your own herbs on a windowsill, turning summer tomatoes into winter comfort, or creating your own gentle soaps with ingredients you can pronounce.
These aren’t impossible dreams—they’re your next small steps toward a more self-sufficient life.
Whether you’re planting your first seeds or you’ve been gardening for years, every season offers fresh opportunities to grow your skills, reduce your footprint, and reconnect with the natural rhythms that sustain us all.
Hi, I’m Angela, the “face” behind Seasonal Simple Life. Welcome to this blog!
Do you dream of creating a colourful and lively vegetable garden where you’ll cultivate all the vegetables you want?
Without chemistry but diversity and many tried and tested varieties that will fill your harvest basket with healthy and tasty fruit and vegetables?
In the evenings, the flavour of freshly cooked tomato sauce flows through the house; winter will come, eventually, and your pantry won’t fill on its own…
Do you want to live a seasonal simple life, decorate your house, craft things that make you happy and add beauty to your home?
Let’s do this together!
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