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Welcome to our blog! Here, you’ll find recipes for herbal remedies, chicken keeping, gardening tips, DIYs, and all the tips, tricks, lessons, and skills you’ll need to manage a homestead and become more self-sufficient. Whether you’re new to this lifestyle or you’ve been doing it for years, we hope you find our content entertaining as well as educational.
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DIY Decongesting Botanical Vapor Steam
Cold and flu season is officially upon us, and respiratory infections seem to be common this year. I don’t know about you, but for me,...
Dec 30, 20245 min read
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Herb Spotlight - Pine
Welcome to the 10th installment of our Herbal Spotlight Series ! This month, in honor of the season, we'll discuss pine. Yes, the very...
Dec 23, 20245 min read
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DIY Herbal Vapor Rub
When a cold or flu strikes your home, relief is what you seek, and Vicks VapoRub is one of the most used products around this time of...
Oct 31, 20245 min read
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DIY Boot and Shoe Deodorizer
As winter boot season draws near so too does smelly shoe season. It’s an unfortunate fact of life that when your feet spend all day...
Oct 25, 20243 min read
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DIY Magnesium Oil
Did you know that according to the World Health Organization, as much as 75% of the U.S. adult population could be magnesium deficient ?...
Oct 14, 20246 min read
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Elderberry & Rosehip Electuary
Electuaries are tasty and simple herbal remedies requiring nothing more than dried herbs ground to powder and raw honey. Plus, electuary,...
Oct 9, 20243 min read
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Herb Spotlight - Rose Hips
As the vibrant colors of fall emerge, it’s officially rose hip season. Bursting with nutrients and vitamin C, these sweet red buds are at...
Sep 29, 20245 min read
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Our 5 Favorite Herbal Recipes for Fall
Fall is just around the corner. Don’t get me wrong, I love Summer, but in my heart of hearts, I’m all about Fall. That subtle chill has...
Sep 15, 20244 min read
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Herb Spotlight - Wild Lettuce
Welcome to the eighth edition of our Herb Spotlight Series! This month, we’re exploring Wild Lettuce. Commonly considered a nuisance...
Aug 27, 20244 min read
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How to Make Four Thieves Vinegar
So much history, legend, and lore surround Four Thieves Vinegar that it’s difficult to discern fact from fiction. Nonetheless, this...
Aug 21, 20246 min read
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5 Ways to Use Mullein
As summer progresses and gives way to fall, we’re preparing to harvest the season's wild mullein crops. Mullein, with its tall yellow...
Aug 14, 20244 min read
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Herb Spotlight - Yarrow
This month, our Herb Spotlight Series feature is Yarrow. Yarrow was another of the first plants I learned to work with when I started...
Jul 30, 20244 min read
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How to Create a Herbal First Aid Kit
When was the last time you thought about the ingredients of items in your first aid kit? With advancements in modern medicine, it can be...
Jul 16, 20246 min read
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Herb Spotlight - Plantain
Welcome to a new edition of our Herb Spotlight Series. Plantain was the very first plant I learned to work with when I began my herbalist...
Jun 25, 20244 min read
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Herb Spotlight - Peppermint
Welcome to the 5th edition of our Herb Spotlight Series . As one of the first plants to arrive, Peppermint is the harbinger of Spring in...
May 22, 20244 min read
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How To Clean Foraged Plants
Foragable plants are abundant around our homestead, and harvesting them is one of my favorite pastimes. Whether for food or medicine,...
May 16, 20244 min read
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Have You Heard of Solé Water?
I first learned of Solé (pronounced so-lay) Water from a fellow herbalist at an event last week, and I was immediately intrigued. People...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
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Herb Spotlight - Dandelion
This is the fourth edition of our Herbal Spotlight Series . Today, we’ll explore the dandelion. On our homestead, we are passionate about...
Apr 23, 20245 min read
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Herb Spotlight - Oregon Grape
Welcome to the third installment of our Herb Spotlight series ! Today, we are shedding some light on a little plant that is prolific in...
Apr 9, 20244 min read
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Tips for Planting a Medicine Garden
When I first started exploring medicinal herbs, I began by foraging them around our property. It didn’t take long before I realized that...
Apr 2, 20249 min read
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