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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Herb Spotlight - Mullein
Welcome to part two of our Herbal Spotlight Series . Today, we’ll be exploring the exquisitely fuzzy and completely underappreciated...
Mar 19, 20244 min read
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Herb Spotlight - Juniper Berries
We’re kicking off our Herbal Spotlight Series with Juniper Berries. These berries are one of my favorite things to forage each fall. From...
Feb 26, 20245 min read
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5 Surprising Herbs to Support Heart Health
February is all about matters of the heart, be it love or heart health. It is also American Heart Health Month , a time when everyone is...
Feb 7, 20245 min read
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Harness The Healing Power of your Christmas Tree! - 4 Ways to Use Pine
Now that Christmas is over, the day rapidly approaches when millions of people will haul that tree to the curb for trash. True, a few...
Dec 26, 20234 min read
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6 Common Herbs for Taming Holiday Stress
The holidays bring joy and cheer to most of us, but they can also bring stress and anxiety. From holiday travel to crazy relatives,...
Nov 10, 20236 min read
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15 Kitchen Herbs with Medicinal Properties
While we all enjoy the taste and smell of the herbs and spices we use most often, these wonderful plants often bring more to the table...
Sep 19, 202310 min read
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Our 5 Favorite Things to Forage
Each season, one of my favorite things to do as the days get warmer is to forage for all the wild edibles and medicinals on and around...
Sep 9, 20236 min read
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How to Harvest & Store Mint Plus 4 Ways to Use it
If you’ve ever planted mint, then you know that it is one abundant and determined little plant. Going into our new garden this year, I...
Jul 14, 20223 min read
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