Immuni-Tea! How to Make an Immune Boosting Tea
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LIFE ON THE BYERS RANCH HOMESTEAD
The Unbound Blog
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.
We invite you to comment often on our posts and encourage you all to make this a safe community space where
everyone is valued, and everyone can learn.
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- Nov 10
- 5 min
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,...
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- Nov 1
- 5 min
Holiday Gifts to Give - Herbal Infused Hot Chocolate Mix
Homemade hot chocolate mix makes a delicious gift to give, but take it to the next level and turn this sweet treat into a decadent and...
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- Oct 27
- 3 min
Fire Cider Cough Syrup
It's been a crazy and exceptionally stressful week, and I neglected taking my Fire Cider for several days. So, wouldn't you know it, I...
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- Oct 25
- 5 min
10 Warming Herbs for Winter
As the bitter cold of winter takes hold, many of us head indoors to bundle up against the cold, but this can leave us feeling more...
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- Oct 13
- 7 min
Stocking the Winter Apothecary
As we make our way through fall, we’re busy on the homestead harvesting, foraging, preserving, and making all the necessary winter...
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- Oct 5
- 3 min
DIY Herbal Infused Hand Sanitizer Spray
Cold and flu season is just around the corner, and all signs point to a renewed abundance of the “Rona” (COVID-19) as well. And, as a...
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- Sep 24
- 3 min
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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Apr 5
- 8 min
Beginners Guide to Stocking The Home Apothecary
If you’ve been thinking about introducing holistic health and wellness to your home, chances are you’ve thought about creating your own...
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- Dec 15, 2022
- 4 min
Homemade Kitchen Cough Syrup
Did you know that you can make a quick easy cough syrup in less than 5 minutes from ingredients you already have in your kitchen pantry?...
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- Nov 10, 2022
- 4 min
Wild Mountain Fire Cider With Osha and Juniper Berries
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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- Feb 24, 2022
- 4 min
Cold Buster Tea
Some of my oldest memories involve sitting in my grandmother's kitchen, the air heavy with spice, and my tummy full of food. But on cold...
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