Slow living is all about finding joy and contentment with less: less busy, less hurry, less spending. When we moved to the country in our little yellow farmhouse, we learned how much we had fallen onto the hamster wheel of keeping up with the Joneses. This Yellow Farmhouse is all about being joyful and content in your home, whether or not you live in the country! Check out all these links to learn more about what the slow life really is about.

gardening and homesteading

Are you interested in gardening or homesteading? We’re sharing things we learn and do here on our 2.5 acre farm!

helpful home tips

Need some tips for making a home, well, a home? Here you’ll find lots of tricks from this family of 6, who do a whole lot of things at home!

homeschooling and motherhood

In our family, we pretty much follow Charlotte Mason’s method of home education, which I share a bit about here.

simple living

Escape the rat race, and you’ll wonder why you didn’t enjoy simple living sooner! That’s how I felt!

living in an old home

A fun look into life in our 1834 farmhouse, the oldest in our township!