Thyme on My Hands
I sat at my kitchen table, crumbling thyme I had previously hung from the bottom cupboards in the kitchen. It was hard not to let my mind wander to the last year as I methodically stripped off dried...
View ArticleDrying Herbs: Fresh Garlic Powder
The heat has been stifling around here, topping at 103. Our home isn’t equipped with air conditioning (so I guess that makes us “green friendly”). Between spritzing rabbit ears with water and showing...
View ArticleHomegrown Seasonings
After last year’s mini garlic harvest, I set apart two entire raised beds to plant garlic for the current year. In one bed I planted softneck garlic, which keeps well and is currently stored in a mesh...
View ArticleFlu Busting
It seems like every year we get the same warnings about the flu d’jour (or d’season, as it were). These seem to be mostly brought to us by newsanchors who make it their mission to cause widespread...
View ArticleMore Homemade Seasonings
After my stint of garlic powder making, I was totally hooked on making our own seasonings. Never mind that most of our garlic powder now comes from China (and this writer makes some interesting...
View ArticleHerbes de Provence
I was following a crockpot recipe from a cookbook written by a fellow blogger when I came across an ingredient I didn’t have on hand: herbes de provence. I used to have available to me every spice and...
View ArticleIn the Garden: Early Summer
Spring has been very wet here, more so than usual. I think the entire month of May was made up mostly of rain, and the sun was everywhere-but-here. I don’t mind the rain most times, but it became more...
View ArticleAround the Yard
Well, I can’t have you all over for tea and scones, so I’ll just take you on a tour around the yard. This is more of what’s going on in my (outside) world: The hens want out. They want out, badly. I...
View ArticleDr. Mom: Loving Health Care for Families
Even in doing all the preventative measures talked about in Part One, moms still need to have a plan in treating illness when it occurs. It is our responsibility to watch over and encourage vibrant...
View ArticleHomemade Seasonings 2010
It’s harvest time, for whatever there is to actually harvest this year. We’re enjoying salad from the garden, at least. One of the things I enjoy doing is drying the seasonings I want to use in the...
View ArticleLavender Dreams
Lavender. Oh how I love lavender! I love the way it looks, the way it waves in the breeze, their easy care. I like to make beauty products with it and hang them to dry. I have about a dozen lavender...
View ArticleWhat’s in Your Pantry?
What's in the pantry matters! You do have control over the food you provide and prepare for your family. Learn to create a health-promoting, wholesome kitchen, learn to cook from scratch, and learn to...
View ArticleLiving Slow
Every now and again I wonder what everyone is rushing all about life for. Usually I think of this while watching traffic, knowing that each multi-thousand steel encasement has at least one person in it...
View ArticleFirst Aid Kits: What’s in Yours?
Confidence in reacting to the boo-boos of life is stoked by being prepared for them. I keep two first aid kits: one at home and one in the van. As usual, my focus is on natural remedies and a drugless...
View ArticleBye, Bye, Summer
How did I get to mid-October already? Yet, here we are with crisp sunny days and leaves glowing with yellow. It’s time for garden clean-up: the last mowing, the weeding and mulching, putting away the...
View ArticleA Soap Making Craze
Maybe if I stay busy enough I won’t spend time wondering if I’m sad enough. Isn’t that weird? You all are so kind to me; thank you thank you thank you. I haven’t even deleted any emails yet; rereading...
View ArticleChange of Seasons
Since the miscarriage, I’ve been thinking lately how my life is changing seasons. I’m no longer the young woman taking my fertility and youth for granted. I’m also no longer the girl who was so...
View ArticleLate Winter Head Spinning
I think my head’s going to pop off. Somehow when I wasn’t paying too much attention I left behind my winter’s rest and started on a number of projects with gusto. And now I think my gusto’s getting up...
View ArticleHomemade Green Mix
I was inspired to put together my own family’s green mix after watching one of the homesteading videos in which they did the same. Her mix was far larger than mine (and also I assume way more costly)...
View ArticleExpressing the Creative Side
Rearranging the house, painting furniture, zealous decluttering happening around these parts. And a massive garage sale coming on Saturday morning. It is slow, room by room, drawer by drawer, but the...
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