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.
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- Nov 13
- 2 min
Gifts to Give - Juniper Berry Meat Rub
Do you have an avid hunter or chef in your life or on your Christmas list this year? Delight and surprise them with this Juniper Berry...
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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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- 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 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 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 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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- 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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- Sep 23, 2022
- 2 min
How to Make Squash Flour
We had a prolific squash and zucchini harvest this year. We spent days and days eating it with every meal and when that got old, I...
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- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
How to Make Wild Chokecherry Syrup
Growing up, wild chokecherry jam and syrup were a staple in our home. Every year, late in the summer the whole family could be found down...
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- Jul 18, 2022
- 2 min
Southwest Beef and Squash With Corn
As the harvest season starts, few things are as plentiful as squash. At this point, we are collecting 2 or 3 per day from our plants, and...
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- Jul 14, 2022
- 2 min
Our Favorite Southwest Seasoning Blend
Jump to Recipe This is our favorite southwest seasoning blend and I use it to add a kick to anything from scrambled eggs to tacos. I...
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- Jul 1, 2022
- 5 min
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Your Kitchen Scraps
It’s a sad reality, that as a society we are incredibly wasteful creatures. The amount of waste created every day is staggering. Our...
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- Jun 23, 2022
- 2 min
How to Make Corn Cob Jelly
I have to be honest, when I first saw this on an Instagram reel from @aprilsunrisefarm, I was trepidatious at best. Corn Cob Jelly? I...
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- Jun 22, 2022
- 3 min
How to Freeze Sweet Corn
It’s officially corn on the cob season admittedly, we’ve had it with almost every meal this week. . For me, a true marker of summer is...
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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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- Feb 16, 2022
- 4 min
Navajo Blue Corn Mush
If you’ve been following my blog, then by now you know that I grew up in the Four Corners area of Southwest Colorado. A region steeped in...
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- Feb 11, 2022
- 4 min
On the Hunt For Wild Mushrooms
This last weekend Daniel, the dogs, and I spent a day foraging in the San Juan Mountains on the hunt for wild mushrooms. It was a family...
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- Feb 8, 2022
- 2 min
Chocolate Cherry Granola Bars
I love granola bars. The sweetness. The chewy crunch. The fact that they fall somewhere between cookie and candy bar but are usually...
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