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!

sweet bread
Bread Making

How to Make Sweet Bread

Learn how to make sweet bread with basic pantry staples to give you dessert bread with no unique ingredients.

Image illustrates a raspberry plant demonstrating information on how to grow a productive perennial raspberry patch.
Backyard Orchard

How to Grow Productive Perennial Raspberry Plants!

Explore the essential steps to successfully grow raspberry plants and unlock the secrets for a bountiful harvest.

holy basil
Farmacy

Powerful Health Benefits of Holy Basil and Its Effects

Discover the powerful health benefits of holy basil and its effects on your brain and body and how to grow and use it.

Image illustrates an orchard demonstrating information on micro-orcharding in your backyard.
Backyard Orchard

Why You Need to Start Micro-Orcharding in Your Backyard

Learn how and why micro-orcharding in your backyard can massively increase your home-grown food production in smaller spaces.

Image illustrates a strawberry plant demonstrating how to grow a strawberry patch.
Backyard Orchard

How to Grow a Productive Perennial Strawberry Patch

Learn valuable insights and practical tips to help you grow a strawberry patch that will bring joy and abundance to your home garden.

cottage garden
Cottage Garden

How to Design a Cottage Garden: Growing a Beautiful Mess

Cottage gardens are informal, fun, whimsical, colorful, beautiful, and practical. They are filled with native flowers, vegetables, herbs, bulbs, annuals, perennials, shrubs, and climbers. They provide dimension and structure to garden spaces and a safe haven for local pollinators. The best part is that cottage gardens are very much alive and they change year after year on their own if you allow them to do their own thing. With a few bulbs, seeds, and patience, you can design a cottage garden that will fill out your garden spaces naturally and beautifully. CLICK TO READ MORE.

bearded iris
Cottage Garden

How to Grow and Care for Bearded Irises

Bearded irises are gorgeous flowers that provide dimension to any floral or cottage garden. They are easy and fun to grow. They multiply each season, so you plant them once and watch them come back with more each year. They come in a variety of beautiful colors too! CLICK TO READ MORE.

hollyhocks
Cottage Garden

How to Grow and Care for Hollyhocks

Hollyhocks bring delight to the garden with their tall gorgeous spring blooms. Did you know that the whole hollyhock plant is completely edible offering medicinal benefits, including roots, blossoms, and leaves? Hollyhocks can be a great substitute for the related herb plant called marshmallow. These plants can be beneficial to our health helping with inflammation of the respiratory tract, cough, stomach ulcers, bowel issues, urinary tract inflammation, and bladder stones. CLICK TO READ MORE.

cottage garden roses
Cottage Garden

How to Grow and Care for Roses

Rose bushes bring delight to the garden from their gorgeous spring blooms to the bountiful hips that follow in the fall season. You can be sure to be given a huge harvest from your rose bush so be prepared to learn how to preserve the rose petals if that’s your fancy! Learn how to grow, care for, harvest, and propagate rose bushes. CLICK TO READ MORE.

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