Hi, I’m Darcy.

Thanks for being here.

Vintage Preserving is all about, “what can I do now to make life easier later?” That’s always the goal, anyway. Join me as I teach you simple ways to live easier, better, and happier.

Vintage Preserving is the place to learn how to hit the ‘reset’ button. Here, we are all about canning and preserving food, living on less, sewing, home-cooking, and slowing down. We all feel like life moves at lightning speed these days. And while it may not be easy, I believe that there are choices we can make to try to get some of our time back. Canning and preserving food is one of the top ways on my list. If meals can not only be put together with ingredients we trust but also make meal prep shorter then I’m all in. And saving money on food and lifestyle choices? Right up there, too. Preserving food at home can drastically help reduce grocery bills and I don’t know anyone who would be sad about that. So to me, canning, preserving, and frugality all go hand-in-hand.

We all want to enjoy life. I’m hoping you’ll find some ideas here that’ll help to lighten your load and find little joys along the way. Before you know it you’ll have food stocked in your pantry, a better budget system, and time to focus on things that’ll bring more happiness into the cracks of life. Let’s enjoy that together!

My husband, 2 kids, 4 cats and dog are pursuing our country lifestyle dreams. We’ve recently purchased a defunct strawberry and flower farm with the hopes of bringing it back to life in the future. For now, we are living life baking, cooking, preserving, and living slower while our dreams materialize in the background.