Welcome to Willowbottom
We’re Richard and Whitney,
Partners in life, homesteading, and creativity.
Our journey into sustainable living started with a simple belief: small choices can make a big difference.
Willowbottom started in 2018 as a place to document what we were learning. We were making small changes, growing more of our own food, cooking from scratch, paying closer attention to what we were consuming and where it came from, and we wanted somewhere to put it all.
For us, sustainability isn’t a trend. It’s a way of life.
Our homestead is a work in progress. Every year we add a little more: another fruit tree, another row of berry bushes, another herb bed.
We’re slowly turning our property into a food forest, and we think that’s a pretty good metaphor for how we try to live in general. Intentionally, incrementally, with a long view.
Because at the end of the day, small steps really do add up.
Here you’ll find gardening guides, recipes built around what we’re growing, foraging walks, sustainability deep-dives, and honest posts about what slow living actually looks like from the inside. We’re not presenting a perfect homestead. We’re sharing a real one.
If you’re someone who wants to grow more of your own food, simplify without sacrificing, or just live a little closer to the ground, you’ll feel at home here.
Growing your own food starts with knowing where to begin. Our free guide gets you started, and it connects you to a whole library of resources to grow your knowledge right alongside your garden.