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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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Dec 23, 20245 min read
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...
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Oct 31, 20245 min read
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...
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Sep 29, 20245 min read
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...
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Aug 27, 20244 min read
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...
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Aug 14, 20244 min read
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...
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Jul 30, 20244 min read
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...
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Jul 16, 20246 min read
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...
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Jul 2, 20245 min read
Wild Harvest: 5 Tips for Beginner Foragers
Foraging is a wonderful pastime that connects you with nature while allowing you to tune in to something ancient and primal within...
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Jun 25, 20244 min read
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...
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May 16, 20244 min read
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,...
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Apr 23, 20245 min read
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...
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Apr 9, 20244 min read
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...
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Mar 19, 20244 min read
Herb Spotlight - Mullein
Welcome to part two of our Herbal Spotlight Series . Today, we’ll be exploring the exquisitely fuzzy and completely underappreciated...
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Feb 26, 20245 min read
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...
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Dec 26, 20234 min read
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...
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Nov 10, 20236 min read
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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Sep 24, 20233 min read
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 9, 20236 min read
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...
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Jul 11, 20235 min read
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, 20234 min read
How to Make Mullein Tincture & Why You Should
Chances 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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