Sweet Lemon Honey & Thyme Cough Syrup is a wonderful, homemade cough syrup recipe that will help you or your kids stop coughing the next time you come down with a cold. What I love the best about this remedy is that I can make it quickly with a handful of simple ingredients found in […] Read more…
| Farmstead Cookery, food preservation, natural health and beauty, natural remedies, recipes, Uncategorized
It doesn’t surprise me that DIY health care is increasing in popularity. We know that the folks in control of the health care system in our country don’t necessarily have our best interest at heart. Much to their chagrin, there is an increasing availability of information for those looking to take back control of their own […] Read more…
| frugal, homestead management, In the Home, keeper at home, natural health and beauty
What do you get when you mix…. a pile of this after it’s melted in a quart of hot water… a cup of this… a cup of that… dissolved in a few gallons of water, left to sit for a day, and then dump in a bottle of this and stir real well…. […] Read more…
| feverfew, flora, Herbs, In the Garden, natural health and beauty, perennials
In case you thought I was about to limit myself to culinary herbs in my shade garden, I’m not. Dear me, I think my oldest would have my head! It doesn’t surprise me I suppose. After all this is the boy I remember posting about long, long ago and his eating of corn silk, pine […] Read more…
| Broiler Chickens, In the Barnyard, In the Garden, In the Home, In the Kitchen, links, natural health and beauty
For the garden… Sewn Seed Packets… adorable and frugal… this could make a nice first sewing project for a young lady too I’m thinking. (Note: I can’t find the original article on the website.) Honeybee Garden… since I’ve given myself permission to encourage pollinators and since there isn’t much of that built into the […] Read more…
| book review, health care, In the Garden, In the Kitchen, natural health and beauty
Being a homesteader on a tight budget with food convictions that aren’t always attainable, I’m always skeptical about deals like the one I’ve been sharing with you this week. I figure if something is cheap, there’s a reason. If it seems to good to be true, it probably is. And I also figure anything I […] Read more…
Update: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Jennifer (comment #42, via random.org) who loves the celtic cross!! I don’t know what it’s like where you live, but we’ve seen more than a few promising signs that spring is finally here! Spring peepers, blooming bulbs, swelling buds, children begging to camp outside when the overnight […] Read more…
As a busy homesteading mama, I find it very easy, if I don’t make a concentrated effort, to push myself to the back burner, especially during the busy summer and fall months. As a Christian mama, I find it very important to model for my daughters my belief that, as ambassadors, we should present a […] Read more…
We had a sad little accident in our home. I say “little” probably because there was no death and there thankfully won’t be any permanent damage, but we’ve been really quite blessed that in a family with six children things like this don’t happen more often. In thirteen years we took our third visit to […] Read more…
And speaking of hair…. I am so pleased to be able to share with you today an opportunity to dress up your tresses with a free Lilla Rose flexi-clip of your choice! We girls have been scrapping over ours for the last week or so since it arrived and it has become very clear that the […] Read more…
Several months ago, I shared how I found myself having to come to terms with my life-long straight hair being declared curly and that in order to manage the dryness that comes with curly hair I threw out the shampoo and conditioner bottles and embraced the more natural method of hair cleansing… otherwise known as […] Read more…
I’m not quite sure how it happened. I certainly didn’t plan on it and I didn’t do it cold-turkey. But I’ve come to the point where I can say that I haven’t washed my hair in 9 weeks. Gross, I know, right? But I haven’t and after a few bumps in the road, I can […] Read more…