Winter Medicine - Making Osha Honey
Native to the American Southwest, and the Rocky Mountains, Osha is in the same family as carrots and parsley, which is why the flowers of...
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LIFE ON THE BYERS RANCH HOMESTEAD
The Unbound Blog
Welcome to our blog! Here you’ll find tips and tricks, lessons, and skills you’ll need to manage a homestead. Whether you’re new to this lifestyle (like we are) or you’ve been doing it for years we hope you find our content entertaining as well as educational.
We invite you to comment often on our posts and encourage you all to make this a community space where everyone is valued and everyone can learn.
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- Sep 23
- 3 min
Winter Medicine - Traditional Fire Cider
Fire Cider is a traditional folk remedy with citrus, horseradish, herbs, spices, and apple cider vinegar. It’s a potent tonic that’s been...
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- Sep 19
- 10 min
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...
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- Sep 9
- 6 min
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 our...
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- Aug 17
- 6 min
Making Plantain First-Aid Salve
It’s a banana, it’s a weed, it’s magic, no. It’s the plantain plant, and it may just be one of the most valuable “weeds” in your...
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- Aug 11
- 2 min
Apricot Basil Syrup
This year, the garden has been a total flop. With our first frost expected in less than two weeks from our garden this year, we have...
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- Jul 28
- 4 min
8 Ways to Keep Your Flock Cool
The Dog Days of Summer are upon us, and it can be hard to figure out how to cool yourself off, let alone your chickens. Our fluffy little...
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- Jul 22
- 3 min
Honey Mustard Chicken Salad Wraps
This Honey Mustard Chicken Salad Wrap is everything a summer favorite should be. Fresh, sweet, tangy, and crisp with the tiniest hint of...
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- Jul 11
- 5 min
How to Make Yarrow Styptic Powder
Since transitioning from full-time work to freelance work, a lot of time has opened up for me to explore more of my passions on the...
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- Jul 7
- 4 min
Pine Tip Syrup
Have you ever looked at a tree and thought, “Hey, that looks geed enough to eat!”? Probably not, but one taste of this delicious syrup,...
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- Jul 2
- 5 min
Wildflower Salad With Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette
Nothing says summer to me like a good fresh salad, especially one filled with the garden's bounty. And it doesn’t hurt that this salad is...
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- Jun 26
- 6 min
How to Collect, Clean, and Store Farm Fresh Eggs
Let’s be honest; if you have chickens, it’s all about the eggs! Farm-fresh eggs are fresher, tastier, and more nutrient-rich than...
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- Jun 19
- 4 min
How to Make Mullein Tincture & Why You Should
Chance are you’ve seen mullein growing, possibly in your yard or by the roadside. It’s possible you’ve even considered this fuzzy plant...
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- Jun 12
- 4 min
Making Mallow Seed Capers
Common Mallow (Malva neglecta), also known as Cheese Mallow, Buttonweed, Cheese Weed, Round Dock, Cheeses, and Malice, is often...
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- Jun 5
- 5 min
Common Chicken Health Problems
Chickens, like any other household pet, can fall ill at times. Unlike household pets, chickens are considered food animals, which can...
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- May 30
- 4 min
Making Dandelion Tincture
Did you know that every part of the dandelion is not only edible but medicinal? Long before the love of green lawns took over the nation,...
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- May 8
- 4 min
7 Ways to Reduce Transplant Shock
Whether you’ve started plants from seed or purchased starts from a local nursery, they’re eventually going to need to move from the pot...
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- May 5
- 2 min
8 Do’s and Don'ts For World Naked Gardening Day
The first Saturday in May is World Naked Gardening Day! This year (2023), it falls on May 6 (tomorrow). And since we are living our lives...
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- May 1
- 4 min
Planting No Dig Potatoes
Growing potatoes probably qualifies as one of the vegetable gardener’s favorite pursuits. Because they are so easy to grow, you’ll find...
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- Apr 26
- 3 min
Things Never to Feed Your Chickens
Chickens are an excellent solution for reducing kitchen scraps and waste. They love to eat scraps from the kitchen. They can eat almost...
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