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.
Latest blog posts
10 Surefire Companion Planting Pairs for First-Time Gardeners
When my youngest son was in 7th grade, his school grades suddenly worsened and he became quieter and more introverted. At first, I thought it was probably normal, what with puberty and all, but one day he told me that he “didn’t get along with” (read: was bullied by)...
Easy Vegetables for Beginners: 11 Foolproof Crops for Your First Garden in 2025
Did you know that over 67% of households started gardening during recent years? As you’ve found this article, I gather you’re a newbie, too, and you’re finally ready to start growing your own food. That's wonderful! And don’t you let yourself become anxious that you...
Beginner’s Guide: How to Start A Vegetable Garden
Hey there future garden guru! Are you excited to try your hand at vegetable gardening, but feeling a bit nervous about where to start? Don't worry - you're in the right place! Whether you have a large garden you want to start cultivating or just a small patio, in this...
Recipes
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Preserving
What is fermentation and how does it work?
Do you remember your granny going down into the basement and getting sauerkraut from a larger crock? No? Me neither – although I’ve grown up on a farm in rural Germany. Fermentation wasn’t „cool“anymore at that time and it was far more common to can your vegetables or...
Fermentation equipment
You wanna start fermenting and dread what you have to buy for it? No worries! The cool thing about fermentation is that you don’t need any fancy fermentation equipment. A bowl, a cutting knife and board, glass jars or other containers as well as a weight to press the...
Fermentation problems and what to do
Fermenting your vegetables is a marvellous way to preserve your harvest. Not only that but it can also be easily done. You don’t need any fancy equipment or ingredients, just your vegetables (or fruit) and a bit of salt. But although it’s easy for you to initiate...
Home and Body
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About Me
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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