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How to Prep Your Garden for Spring

February 21, 2024
Photo of ceramic glazed pot filled with orange and white zinnias. Zinnias sit alongside herb planter with wild bleeding hearts, barrel planter, and yellow flowers in background.

Are you getting the itch to garden? Before you get your hands in the dirt, prep your garden for spring planting first. These tips will help you get started! This post may contain affiliate links.  Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. My husband and I totally have the garden itch right now!  But we’re in zone 7a, so we still have some cold weather to get through before we can start planting.  While we…

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Winter Clearance Etsy Sale

February 18, 2024
Holoka Home Winter Clearance Etsy Sale Collage

Winter items are heading out of my Etsy shop for the season! Sale items are currently 40% off until the beginning of March and won’t be back until fall/winter! This post may contain affiliate links.  Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. If you’re signed up for my newsletter, then you got a surprise e-mail in your inbox on Friday.  I popped in to give you a preview of my winter clearance sale happening on…

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How to Make Homemade Crepes

February 14, 2024
Sweet and savory crepes sit on white platter. Plate of homemade crepes and bowl of fresh spinach sit in background.

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to make homemade crepes, this is such an easy recipe to follow! Once they’re made, fill the crepes with an endless amount of sweet and savory fillings! This post may contain affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. Happy Valentine’s Day!  What better day to publish a romantic, French recipe than on Valentine’s Day!  So today I’m sharing a super simple recipe for homemade crepes.  About…

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Unique Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

February 7, 2024
Collage of Valentine's Day items from Holoka Home on Etsy. Items include simmer pot kits, handmade bookmarks, hand warmers, herb pressed jewelry, scrunchies, bath salts, sachets, and floral soap.

If you’re looking for out-of-the-box gift ideas for Valentine’s Day or Galentine’s Day, consider these unique gift ideas from Holoka Home on Etsy. This post may contain affiliate links.  Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. Valentine’s Day is almost here and if you’re stuck on what to buy for your Valentine or Galentine, I can help you!  Chocolates, jewelry, and flowers are nice.  But maybe you want to think out-of-the-box this year.  Lucky for…

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Easy Swaps for a Toxic Free Kitchen

January 31, 2024
Cast iron skillets hanging from ceiling hooks.

If you’re looking to make healthier changes in the kitchen this year, these easy swaps will help you maintain a toxic free kitchen with safer cookware and bakeware options. This post may contain affiliate links.  Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. Aside from trying to make more of our food from scratch, another one of my 2024 goals is to make our kitchen as toxic free as possible.  Depending on cookware materials and cooking…

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Dutch Oven Half Whole Wheat Bread

January 23, 2024
Dutch Oven Half Whole Wheat Bread on wooden cutting board. Blue Dutch oven and lid and bread knife also sit on the board. Bread sits on top of parchment paper.

This Dutch Oven Half Whole Wheat Bread is made with a handful of simple ingredients and is a great recipe for beginner bread makers. This post may contain affiliate links.  Making a purchase through one of these links helps support this blog. One of my goals for this year is to learn as many skills as possible from mending clothing to bread making.  I want to make as much from scratch as possible.  So the other week, I dove right…

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