298. Debt-free living, summer sourdough, and what we’re skipping in the new house (+ more Q&A!)

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

From laundry bottlenecks to housing market realities, I’m diving into your current questions in the midst of our busy build season. I’m sharing why we skip chore charts and budgets, how I fix sticky whole grain dough, and what postpartum has typically looked like for me. I also talk through common questions about our debt-free journey of homeownership, why two washers wouldn’t help our laundry system, and how we’re handling homeschool without a dedicated schoolroom. Plus, my go-to sourdough recipes this summer that keep us well-fed without keeping me in the kitchen all day!

In this episode, we cover:

Living in the fullness of a busy season and what it feels like to build a house while pregnant with baby nine
Chore charts and budgets? Not in this house— why intuitive, all-hands-on-deck rhythms work better for our family
Sticky sourdough solved: why flour weight and rest time make all the difference especially with freshly-milled grains
Postpartum struggles that I haven’t walked through myself but hold compassion for
Debt-free build questions and why I’m quieter these days about the specifics
An honest look at our journey through the housing market over the years and what younger families are really up against
Many of you suggested this, but here is why two washers/dryers wouldn’t solve our real laundry bottleneck
Why we are not adding a designated homeschool room to our new build as a large homeschooling family
Summer sourdough lineup to make our days easier— bagels, half whole grain loaf, and hamburger buns on repeat

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Freshly Milled Grains Course

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Master the rhythm of sourdough with confidence in my Simple Sourdough course

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Keep all my favorite sourdough recipes at your fingertips in my Daily Sourdough cookbook

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0:00.0	This is not a, you should have a chore chart.
0:02.5	You shouldn't have a chore chart.
0:03.7	You should have a meal plan.
0:04.6	You shouldn't have a meal plan.
0:05.3	You should have a budget.
0:06.0	You shouldn't have a budget.
0:06.9	There are different ways that people handle things.
0:09.1	And in every one of those three scenarios that I listed out, I do better.
0:12.7	And I get more things done.
0:14.9	And I'm more effective when I don't have that.
0:17.8	When it comes to after a meal cleanup, let's say, there's not a you always do this,
0:23.2	you always do this, you always do this, it's kind of just everybody doing things until the place is
0:28.4	clean. I think that you can do that without it being something very rigid and it still work out.
0:33.9	My name is Lisa, mother of eight and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse-on-Boon.
0:38.5	On this podcast, I like to talk about simplifying your life so you can live out your priorities.
0:43.1	I help you learn how to cook from scratch and decorate on a budget through this podcast
0:47.1	and my courses simple sourdough in the simple sewing series.
0:50.7	I also help people reach their goals from home through my business course in YouTube
0:54.4	Success Academy. I will leave links to these resources in the show notes and description
0:58.2	box below. Now let's get into the show. Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. Today I'm
1:07.4	going to be doing a solo episode talking about build updates, mom life,
1:13.3	pregnancy, whatever questions you all put into the Google sheet that we have. You can access
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