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Continue reading →: Garden ExpansionWe are planning to expand the garden again this year. We needed more space as we’ve added quite a few new veggies to our rotation. Unfortunately the soil on the other side of the garden is mostly hard packed clay and rocks, and we just don’t have the time to…
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Continue reading →: Sourdough MuffinsHAPPY SATURDAY! On a yucky, rainy day might as well try a new sourdough discard recipe! These are chocolate chip muffins! They were super simple to make and turned out so well! They are super fluffy and Eva has already devoured 2…make that 3! Recipe below! Sourdough Discard Chocolate Chip…
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Continue reading →: Dehydrating Leftover FruitI don’t know about anyone else, but I like to buy in bulk…especially fruit. However, being a family of 3 we don’t always eat it all before it starts to go bad. So trying to waste as little as possible, we dehydrate what is left. We just cut the fruit,…
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Continue reading →: Sourdough BreadMy sourdough starter is really starting to pick up steam! Both of my current jars came close to overflowing yesterday! And while I still haven’t made an actual sourdough bread loaf, I found an awesome recipe for sourdough discard sandwich bread! I have made homemade bread many times before and…
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Continue reading →: Community Plant & Seed SwapIt’s official! While this isn’t our first time hosting the Plant Swap, it’s our first year doing it as RJ Homestead! I hope many of you can make it out and are ready to talk plants and all things homesteading with us! And as an added bonus, we will have…
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Continue reading →: Willow Trees – Natural Aspirin
Did you know willow tree bark contains Salicin, the main ingredient in the original Bayer Aspirin? What?!?!? Naturally, that means we have to make our own! In just a few easy steps we made our own willow bark tincture: 2. Trim small enough to fit in a jar (we used…
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Continue reading →: Book Launch Day!
Hello friends and family, today is the day! For those that haven’t heard yet, I wrote a book! Actually, two, which are part of a much bigger series of books I plan on writing and publishing over the next year or so. I’ve finally gotten around to collecting all those…
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Continue reading →: Sleepy Time Tea
This post is for all the tired parents out there! Last night Eva was having a difficult time falling asleep (she is 5). All we could get out of her was that there was something wrong but she didn’t know exactly what. We ruled out any physical problems. She just…
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Continue reading →: Willow Trees – Natural Rooting Hormone
WILLOW TREES Part 1: Natural Rooting Hormones A few years ago my father gifted us Pussy Willow tree. We planted it on the corner of the house, not realizing how large it would really get. We prune it every year, which gives beautiful Spring/Easter decorations for us and to sell!…
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Continue reading →: Welcome!
Welcome to all of our new followers! Wow, that was quite a surge, thanks to Justin! We are so happy to have everyone joining us on our journey of self-sufficiency. If we all make small steps every day, we can make a big impact on not only our own lives…
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