The Art of Slow Living in the Countryside | Finding Coziness in the August Days: Cottagecore Habits

Slow living in the countryside during the cozy days of August — seasonal harvesting, cottagecore homemaking, preserving vegetables for winter, cozy cooking, gardening, flowers, and sewing.

In this late-summer countryside video, I gather the last zucchini from the garden, preserve seasonal vegetables for winter, cook a homemade dinner, press summer flowers, bake a farmer’s cheese pie, and sew checkered pillowcases with lace and ruffles for our upcoming camping trip by the lake.

🥒 I harvest the last zucchini of the season and try a new preserving recipe with zucchini, bell peppers, carrots, onions, herbs, and spices, filling jars with a little taste of summer for the colder months ahead.

🍽️ For dinner, I make stuffed onions with rice and ground meat, dried apricots and prunes, together with cheesy baked eggplant — simple seasonal cooking inspired by the garden and everyday countryside life.

🌸 Around the garden, the grapes are beginning to ripen, a pumpkin is still growing, and the last cosmos flowers are slowly fading. I collect a few summer flowers and finally use my flower press to preserve a small piece of the season.

🪡 As we prepare for our first two-day camping trip by the lake, I sew two checkered pillowcases from second-hand fabric, adding lace, ruffles, and handmade ties to make our little temporary home in nature feel cozy.

🍰 Between sewing and everyday homemaking, I bake a simple farmer’s cheese pie while enjoying these warm August days and the gentle transition from late summer toward early autumn.

What you’ll find in this video:
• slow living in the countryside
• cottagecore and cozy homemaking
• August garden harvest
• preserving vegetables for winter
• seasonal homemade cooking
• gardening and summer flowers
• flower pressing
• sewing with thrifted fabric
• DIY pillowcases with lace and ruffles
• farmer’s cheese pie
• camping preparation
• late summer countryside life

The Art of Slow Living in the Countryside | Finding Coziness in the August Days: Cottagecore Habits

If you enjoy slow living, cottagecore, countryside life, simple living, cozy homemaking, seasonal cooking, gardening, preserving the harvest, sewing, handmade projects, and peaceful rural routines, I hope this video brings you a little inspiration for finding beauty in ordinary days.

Farmer’s Cheese Cake

Ingredients:
80 g butter
140 g sugar
10 g vanilla sugar
150 g farmer’s cheese (9%)
150 g flour
2 eggs
1 heaped tsp baking powder
Powdered sugar for dusting

All ingredients should be at room temperature.

Method:

1. Beat the softened butter with the sugar and vanilla sugar until smooth.
2. Add the farmer’s cheese and beat well.
3. Add the eggs and mix until smooth.
4. Combine the sifted flour with the baking powder and gradually mix into the batter.
5. Transfer to a baking pan and bake at 170°C (340°F) for about 1 hour, or until a wooden skewer comes out clean.
6. Let cool and dust with powdered sugar.

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