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Continue reading →: Stocking the Winter Apothecary: Homemade Horehound Cough SyrupAs summer winds down, we’ve been busy harvesting herbs and preparing our medicine cabinet for the colder months ahead. One staple we won’t go without is homemade cough syrup. This year, with a lighter harvest of mullein flowers, we’re focusing on the power of horehound—an age-old cough remedy that’s just…
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Continue reading →: Pizza Sauce RecipeMama Mia! That’s a delicious pizza sauce! Okay, I’m not sure if that amazing Italian accent translated through text but I tried! Since I am of mostly German heritage, anything Italian does not come naturally, which is why I am always so thankful to find an easy and delicious recipe…
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Continue reading →: Homemade Pizza DoughWhich came first…the pizza sauce or the dough? Well for our family, it was the homemade dough! Once we started making the dough, it was only natural the next move was the sauce. If you haven’t tried either yet, the dough is a great, easy, and fun place to start!…
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Continue reading →: DIY Avocado Pit Tincture: A Simple Topical Remedy for Aches and PainsDid you know those tough avocado pits you usually toss can actually be crafted into a home remedy for joint and muscle aches? All it takes is a bit of rubbing alcohol, some patience, and one of nature’s most overlooked seeds. This topical tincture is a tried and true tradition,…
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Continue reading →: Homestead Repairs: Tackling a Rusty Wheel Well and a Fiery RadioLiving a self-sufficient life means more than just growing our own food and making herbal remedies. It’s about facing the challenges that come our way with a DIY mindset, especially when the budget is tight. Every extra dollar we can save on repairs is a dollar that goes into our…
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Continue reading →: From Garden Volunteers to Medicine: Making Mullein Root TinctureIn a garden, you quickly learn to expect the unexpected. This year, our vegetable beds were dotted with the soft, fuzzy rosettes of first-year mullein plants. As much as I love seeing this majestic biennial thrive, their location posed a problem. In the off-season, we let our chickens into the…
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Continue reading →: Homemade Ketchup Recipe for CanningHot dogs, hamburgers, french fries, tater tots, some people even put it on scrambled eggs I’ve heard. Whatever you use ketchup for, and I am not here to judge, I imagine when you take that first bite, it just for a second, takes you back to your childhood. Well, maybe…
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Continue reading →: An Unexpected Harvest: Making Black Walnut Tincture After the StormSometimes, nature provides in the most unexpected ways. We have several beautiful black walnut trees on our property, but over the years, storms have taken their toll, and many have fallen. This season, I had been scanning the ground for fallen walnuts and, seeing none, had more or less written…
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Continue reading →: Beyond the Basics: Preserving Our Bountiful Elderberry Harvest with VinegarThis year, our elderberry bushes were incredibly generous. After dehydrating plenty for winter wellness teas and making several batches of rich jelly, we still found ourselves with an abundance of these dark, juicy jewels. Determined not to let a single berry go to waste, we decided to explore a new…
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Continue reading →: Nature’s Remedy for Poison Ivy: Making Jewelweed-Infused OilIf you’re anything like me, you can get a poison ivy rash just by looking at the plant. Every year, I wage a battle against the itchy, blistering consequences of brushing past it. That’s why having a powerful, natural remedy on hand is essential. This year, I was thrilled to…
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