Author name: mindyannbrown

Hi! I’m Mindy, known as The Off Grid Barefoot Girl. I’m passionate about living simply, sustainably, and self-sufficiently — one barefoot step at a time! After years of embracing an off-grid lifestyle, I love sharing practical tips, heartfelt stories, and easy-to-follow guides to help you thrive whether you’re dreaming of homesteading, prepping, or just a more independent way of living. Join me as I explore everything from gardening and food preservation to solar power and natural living. Here’s to freedom, resilience, and cozy barefoot days!

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Self-Sufficient Kids

Homeschooling Teens With Anxiety: How Easy It Can Improve Grades

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Homeschooling teens with anxiety is often a hot topic with parents and teachers who struggle to find the best help for teens who suffer from anxiety. Anxiety is very real and it hurts many people and it can put a devastating effect on a teen’s mental health and self-esteem. It can also wreak havoc on grades and graduation credits that teens need to strive for. This topic is personal and near and dear to my heart as I am a mother of two struggling teens who battle these common issues. However, we are discovering the power of homeschooling and how easy it can improve grades and boost their confidence in themselves as they reach their goals independent from the social stress of public middle and high school. Learn how homeschooling has helped improve my own teenagers’ confidence, self-esteem, self-worth, grades, and self-sufficiency and how it can possibly help yours too! CLICK TO READ MORE.

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Cottage Garden

How to Grow and Care for Tulips

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Learn how to grow and care for tulips, which are the first blooms to pop through the frosty ground in early spring and multiply each year! The best thing about tulips is that they can continue to grow with their regenerative power in a vase of water after being cut! Plus, they always arrive just in time for Easter! CLICK TO READ MORE.

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Cottage Garden

How to Grow and Care for a PeeGee Hydrangea Tree

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Growing a PeeGee hydrangea tree in your yard or cottage garden will bring a large display of beautiful blooms that last all summer long. I live in Northern Utah and regular hydrangeas do not do well with the long harsh winters in my area. However, PeeGee hydrangea trees are frost-tolerant and cold hardy trees/shrubs that they are perfect for my climate. If you have issues growing hydrangeas, try growing PeeGee hydrangea trees and growing gorgeous hydrangeas in your garden. I love them so much, I planted two of them! CLICK TO READ MORE.

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