Natural Living

Elderberry wine was traditionally used for influenza and the ill effects of the chills, and the juice of the black elderberry has historically been an invaluable remedy. The elder has often been called the ‘medicine chest” of the country people. [source] I always have some dried elderberries on hand to make syrups, but I have […]

I am a firm believer in “what goes in, must come out”. This is especially for our bodies and the food we eat. If you eat a crummy diet of processed foods, drink lots of sugary sodas, and don’t get enough rest or exercise, your body is going to show it. You’re going to be

Dealing with a magnesium deficiency can be hard… but you can help supplement this vital nutrient with homemade magnesium lotion. Do you have low magnesium symptoms? Would you know if you have a magnesium deficiency? Low magnesium symptoms can be: All of those magnesium deficiency symptoms were right up my alley. I had them. Big time. I

Got a mountain man with a full beard and/or mustache? Try this beard oil to soften and tame the hair that can so often be unruly. Google “beard oil” and you are sure to get 1,000,000 different recipes. Each one is unique and has a different variety of oils used in it to obtain different

Need pain relief in a hurry? Try this pain relief oil to help soothe those tired, achy muscles and joints. Stooping over to weed the garden. Cleaning out the chicken coop. Planting, harvesting, canning. All these things can lead to muscle pain. Severe muscle pain. When you pull a muscle or overwork it, you want

Using commercial dish soap has some questionable ingredients, and daily dishwashing can dry your hands out. Use this homemade version to get clean dishes and soft hands. Fortunately, this DIY dish soap recipe is easy to make and is cost-effective. I’ll never go back to store-bought liquid dish soap! I don’t currently own a dishwasher

This homemade nourishing hand cream is healing to dry skin and has scents that are musky, earthy, sweet, relaxing and are just wonderful. Make your own today! No matter the season, my hands are in and out of dishwater, cold water pumps for the animals, and hauling wood. To say that my hands get dried out would be

Stop the itching and soothe your dry skin with these skin nourishing, super easy, hard lotion bars!  Have you ever had skin that was so dry it itches? When you scratched the itch, did you possibly leave marks on your skin? Or worse, break the skin due to the dryness? There are many reasons that

There are so many items in our stores that have unnecessary packaging. Cardboard or plastic wrapping that makes it pretty on a store shelf, but does little else. Some will have BOTH, like soap. Store bought soap will often come in a carboard box, wrapped in plastic. Guess they don’t want it to spoil? Some soaps