188: Ashley English, Author, Teacher & Homesteader (Candler, NC)

The bounty of your garden is probably starting to take up counter space in your kitchen just about now, the fruit is in at farmers markets, and these days, you're thinking a little more about how to make your house more of a home, aren't you? Well, I have just the person to help with all of that. Ashley English is the author of 11 books, including the Homemade Living book series, which showcases a variety of topics related to small-scale homesteading (including Keeping Chickens, Canning & Preserving, Keeping Bees, Home Dairy, and Home Apothecary). Her work and life revolve around her home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, and she translates that experience into wonderful, practical instruction in a variety of mediums in order to teach us how to bring a little homesteading magic into our own lives.