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
How to get rid of aphids naturally with household remedies
One day your garden looks perfect, and the next, aphids have taken over. These tiny pests multiply fast and can devastate young plants—but you don’t need harsh chemicals to fight back. Learn how to get rid of aphids naturally using simple household remedies like soap spray, garlic tea, and nettle brew. Plus, discover how to attract beneficial insects that keep aphid populations under control all season long.
How To Make Nettle Manure
Nettle manure is the ultimate free fertilizer for your vegetable garden—and it’s ridiculously easy to make. This powerful plant tonic fertilizes hungry crops like tomatoes and pumpkins, strengthens weak seedlings, and naturally repels aphids and pests. Learn how to harvest and ferment stinging nettles into liquid gold using just water, a bucket, and two weeks of patience. Your garden will thank you!
The Complete Pumpkin Grower’s Guide: From Seed Selection to Harvest
Ready to grow your own pumpkins but not sure where to start? This complete beginner’s guide covers variety selection, seed starting, spacing requirements, fertilizing schedules, and pest prevention. Discover when to plant for Halloween harvest, how to support heavy fruits, and proper harvesting techniques for maximum storage life. From tiny decorative varieties to massive competition pumpkins, learn everything you need for a successful pumpkin patch!
From the Garden
What to do in May in the garden
May is certainly one of the most exciting months in gardening! After the last night frosts, all...
How to plant, grow and harvest tomatoes in 14 steps
When you want to plant and grow your own tomatoes and want to get a great harvest, it's important...
How to make a vegetable patch – A beginners’s guide
Are you dreaming of starting a vegetable garden and harvesting fresh produce:? A small vegetable...
From the Pantry
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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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