Hello Loves!

Welcome to The Barefoot Rabbit. I hope you can make yourself at home and join me on my adventures in growing from backyard gardener, to (hopefully) one day having a more self-sufficient homestead. In a world where convenience and instant gratification rule, I am striving to bring my family back to the beauty and wonder of simple pleasures like growing food, preserving, and scratch cooking. While not quite at square one, I am still new to these endeavors, and I hope by bringing you along with me we can learn and grow together. Armed only with a spacious backyard, (very much in town) and knowledge I have cobbled together, I started this all by remembering the wonder and amazement I used to feel as a kid in my grandparents’ yard picking muscadines and running through sugar cane patches. I want to capture that as an adult and give my kids those moments. I also want to teach them that food isn’t just what they see at the grocery store. Food is a process and a labor of love, and our homes are our sanctuary. I am not an expert, but I am learning, and I usually manage to land a joke here and there so this should at least be entertaining. Join in and hopefully take something with you and pass it on. I am ready to share and cultivate a love for natural wonder and copious joy in my home, and maybe yours too. So, kick off your shoes and let’s get to work!