Wildcrafting homemade vinegars is an enchanting culinary journey that allows you to harness the essence of nature's bounty. By gathering and fermenting wild herbs, fruits, and flowers, you can create unique and flavorful vinegars to elevate your dishes. In this blog post, we will explore the art of wildcrafting homemade vinegars, sharing valuable tips and techniques to help you embark on this delightful new adventure. It will get you outside gathering and exploring and it will help you … [Read more...]
Homemade Poison Ivy Paste
In many areas of the country poison ivy is a part of life, especially when you live and work outdoors so much. While I personally find it to be just itchy and annoying my husband is allergic and a little poison ivy for him can turn very bad if we don't take steps immediately to heal it up fast to prevent infection. This poison ivy paste can be made in minutes and it can be kept on hand during the late spring and summer months when this devious plant abounds. This is handy when your husband makes … [Read more...]
Homemade Fruit Fly Trap
When you eat a lot of fresh fruit and produce you tend to see lots of fruit flies hanging around your house. My husband insists that there have to be eggs on the fruit and that is how they get into the house. I prefer to believe that the little guys can smell the ripe fruit from miles away and sneak inside the house to feast. Who wants to imagine they are buying fruit with egg sacs all over it??? Yuck! Either way it is gross to walk by your bowl of apples or bananas (or whatever fruit you like … [Read more...]
Natural Ways to Relieve a Head Cold
When we natural/green mamas get sick and are down for the count it might be tempting to go to the drugstore and grab the nearest over the counter medication for some quick relief. Let's face it, there might not be anyone around to take care us...make us soup and fluff our pillows. Heck, we are lucky if we can take a nap when we have little ones running around. We still have to take care of our families and take care of the home, even while sick. Such is the life of a mom right? Still when we do … [Read more...]
Amazing Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar, as the name suggests, is a type of vinegar made from apples. Called ACV for short, it is a cheap and effective alternative for cleaning your home, promoting your health, and enhancing beauty. You can do much, much more with it than make salad dressing!! Here are a few of the ways that you can enrich your life, your health, and solve some of those nagging daily problems with apple cider vinegar... Eating - Add it to BBQ sauce, salad dressing, collard greens, bone broth, as … [Read more...]
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