Cozy Living Made Simple
Welcome to the Lifestyle hub at PurlsAndPixels! This is your home for calm, practical guides that make everyday life feel steadier, cozier, and more capable. These small skills are easy to begin, satisfying to learn, and perfect for creating your own version of cozy independence one gentle step at a time.
🌱 Garden Guide: Grow What You Can
Simple, confidence-building garden skills that work whether you have a backyard, a balcony, or a sunny windowsill.
- Planning to Garden This Year? Start Here! 🌱
- Building Your Backyard Garden from Scratch: Essential Tips for Success
- My Knitting Garden: Welcoming Gardening into my Knitting Haven
- Starting Seedlings on New Year’s Day
- Wildlife Tales from My Colorado Craft Haven
- The Knitting Garden: Seedling Repotting
- Planting Strawberries and Asparagus in Southwest Colorado’s Unique Soil
- Defeating Bindweed: A Gardener’s Battle
- Harvesting Carrots: A Mystery Critter and a Happy Haul
- How to Grow a Small Indoor Herb Garden: Easy Tips for Fresh Herbs
- Thriving with Native Plants: Pollinator-Friendly Gardening
- Colorado’s False Spring: Hold your Tomatoes, Folks – It’s Not Time to Plant Outside Yet!
- My Accidental Wildflower Garden: A Busy Gardener’s Guide to Meadowscaping
🐔 Chickens & Animal Care
Practical, beginner-friendly animal care tips for a calmer, more confident homestead. These guides help you create routines that work with your real life.
- The Joy and Practicality of Raising Backyard Chickens: Why and How I Keep Chickens
- Hatching Chicken Eggs: From Almost Tossed to Tiny Miracles
- Where I Keep Baby Chicks
- What to Feed Baby Chicks in a Pinch: Homemade Emergency Chick Feed from Kitchen Staples
- When to Move Chicks Outside: A Guide to Transitioning Chicken Pullets from the Brooder
- What I Did When My Hens Stopped Laying in the Coop
- Messy Eggs? How to Keep Chickens from Leaving Poo in the Nest Boxes
- Keeping Bears Out of the Chicken Coop
- DIY Chicken Coop Dust Mask Alternative: Use a Kid’s Worn-Out Shirt for Sustainable Homestead Cleaning
🌲 Wildlife & Predators
Understanding local wildlife helps you feel more prepared, safer, and more connected to the nature around your home.
- Wildlife Tales from My Colorado Craft Haven
- When Wild Turkeys Take Flight
- Tarantula Migration: A Unique Natural Phenomenon
- Living with Mountain Lions
- Keeping Bears Out of the Chicken Coop
📦 Organizing & The Home Calm Method
Organizing does not need to be overwhelming. These simple, steady methods help you create a home that feels gentle, functional, and supportive.
- The Home Calm Method
- Simple Pantry Organization Ideas
Explore All Home Calm Guides. More organizing guides added as the series grows.
🌿 Cozy Self-Reliance
Personal essays, gentle observations, and practical reflections on building a life that feels calmer, kinder, and more self-reliant.
Explore all Cozy Self-Reliance Guides. More Cozy Self-Reliance chapters and reflections added over time.
Explore the Lifestyle Collection
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How to Use This Page
Turn to the Lifestyle hub whenever you want:
- a simple organizing idea that feels doable
- a grounding garden task
- help with animal care
- clarity about local wildlife
- a gentle moment of cozy self-reliance
This is your all-in-one home for cozy lifestyle skills. When you want something steady, practical, and deeply grounding, begin here.
Cozy Independence grows one small habit at a time.