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Continue reading →: The Dreaded Fungus GnatCan we just talk about fungus gnats for a few minutes please? These little boogers are the bane of my existence during seedling season. Every year, no matter how I try to prevent them, there they are. Fungus gnats are tiny little flying pests that are attracted to the moisture…
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Continue reading →: Tincture Time! Prepping Our Herbal Allies for the Year AheadThe rain is drumming a steady rhythm on the roof – the perfect excuse for a cozy day of prepping our homemade tinctures! Those jars filled with last year’s foraged treasures and vodka have been patiently waiting since September, and today’s the day to transform them into potent herbal allies.…
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Continue reading →: Foraging and Using Purple Dead NettleLook around your yard! Do you see those little purple flowers carpeting a shady corner? Those, my friend, could be purple dead nettle (Lamium purpureum), a hidden gem in the world of forageable plants. Before you dismiss them as just another weed, let me tell you why you might want…
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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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