Astragalus is a Chinese legume, often used in culinary medicine in healing soups or other nourishing foods. It is an adaptogen, which means that it helps the body return to normal function, especially during times of stress. It is safe for most situations, even with long term use as there are no known contradications. It
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Back to school supplies are all over the place and the beloved plastic pencil box is ever prominent. I found these “1/2 size” boxes at the local big box store and was totally floored at what I could do with them. Think they are just for holding pens and pencils? Not even! They can serve
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Early Spring peas can be quite prolific and most of us are happy about that. The problem? Freezer space to store them! Here’s how to can peas for longer pantry storage. Sweet peas fresh picked off the vine are a delicious treat. They are light and crisp, and make a perfect fresh snack. Peas in
Got a field of mint you don’t know what to do with? Try making some mint sugar. It’s delicious in baking, in coffee or tea, and great to use in a dry rub mix or in a marinade. First, you gotta pick the mint. I choose to pick mine in the early morning, because *personally*
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Cherries are such a sweet edition to the homestead larder! You can make pies and other desserts, use them in glazes and sauces for savory applications, you can add them to fruit salads, or green salads. There isn’t much you can’t do with a cherry. Here are 4 ways of preserving cherries to save some
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Canning strawberries to store for winter without using freezer space. Learning how to can strawberries is a fun way to save them to use all year long! Strawberries are coming into season in our area, with their ripe, juicy, sweet selves! My family can’t seem to get enough of these tasty jewels, and they can
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A “Bug Out Bag” is something you would prepare for an emergency when you need to leave your home. This could be due to a forest fire, tornado, gas leaks in the neighborhood, etc. Think of floods in the area, or other unexpected emergencies. There will be times you will have to leave and not
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Being out in the sun, wind, cold, any time of year is a necessity for homesteaders. After all, that’s where the animals live, right? (unless you’re one of my goats, in which case, you keep coming into the house and kicking the dog off her bed, but that’s another story) Keeping your lips protected from being
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We had a make shift milking stand for our goat until my hubby decided that was enough. It took 3 of us to milk her, one to hold her head, one to hold her grain, and one to actually do the milking. And for a little Nigerian Dwarf goat, that’s a lot of manpower. Our
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We have survived without a central air conditioning unit in our home for the last 9 years… In the beginning, during the summer heat, we tried to keep cool by adding in a couple of window units. They were rather expensive to run, and didn’t help that much. They were the smaller units installed in
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