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Homemade Laundry Detergent Concentrate
Big family + farm=loads, I mean tons, of laundry. The sheer economics of keeping my family in clean clothes are staggering. It ranks up there with toilet paper costs. And we are not just a standard...
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Heal Thy Self: Elderberry Tincture with Ginger & Cinnamon
Since my teenage years I have held a very strong belief in the world outside of modern medicine. That plants and natural systems fostered the human race in their primal embrace since the beginning of...
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Relax & Detox Mineral Salt Bath Soak
We put our bodies through a lot of stress. Farm work, desk work, high heels, work boots, treadmills and trauma – and that’s just the beginning. Environmental pollutants, chemicals in detergents,...
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Cinnamon Sugar Body Scrub
Who doesn’t like a good scrub? Nobody. I have never met a single person who doesn’t enjoy the invigorating grit of a good body scrub. Another handmade gift to share with friends and family, this...
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Nourishing Whipped Body Butter
This last handmade gift requires a little bit more planning, but is equally easy and fool proof (case in point – made by yours truly, the first time, without fail). Whipped Body Butter with Ginger...
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Cottonwood Buds: Balm of Gilead & Tincture
I spend a lot of time on the farm. My daily routine consists of farm work, house work, blog work, school work, dinner with the family and if I am lucky an hour’s worth of down time before I head off...
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Wild Roses & the Ephemeral Nature of Life
I have buried myself. In farm work. In school work. In housework. The phrase “biting off more than you can chew” comes to mind. Being successful in my endeavors and balancing my responsibilities so...
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Much Ado About Elderflower
Elderflowers really tickle my fancy. Our unseasonably warm and dry spring has brought on the elderflowers and the enormous, ancient tree in my yard is awash in white splashes like brilliant fireworks...
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Fire Cider Or Something Like It
The term “fire cider” might conjure up images of witches brewing a magical elixir of exotic spices and, like, the tears of a dragon (or something). It might call to mind boozy apple juice. It might...
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With a Friend Like Hawthorn
With the week’s forecast of heavy rains, high winds and extensive flooding, I am seeking the refuge and comforts of home. Now decorated for the holidays, my home boasts the heart and the sparkle of...
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Holiday Hangover: Love Your Liver Detoxification
Perhaps it was the cookies. Perhaps it was the cheese. Perhaps it was the booze. I’m not one to judge, jeez… Chances are even the healthiest of us were tempted by the wanton excesses of the holiday...
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Heal Thy Self: Elderberry Tincture with Ginger & Cinnamon
Since my teenage years I have held a very strong belief in the world outside of modern medicine. That plants and natural systems fostered the human race in their primal embrace since the beginning of...
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Relax & Detox Mineral Salt Bath Soak
We put our bodies through a lot of stress. Farm work, desk work, high heels, work boots, treadmills and trauma – and that’s just the beginning. Environmental pollutants, chemicals in detergents,...
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Creating a Medicinal Herb Garden
I’ve got a fever. Spring fever. And the only cure is more gardening. As the seed catalogs arrive in my mailbox with increasing frequency and the daffodils have pushed through the wet earth,...
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Virtually Sinless: Chocolate Chaga Brownies
Next up in my virtually sinless cookie series: Chocolate Chaga Brownies! But first, I feel like I need to state something for the record –I don’t consider butter a sin, so do with that what you will…...
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Foraged Foods: Creamy Nettle Soup
There comes a time every year when I must choose between gardening and foraging/wild-crafting. It is really quite a dilemma… It appears that the last frost has now past. The winter’s compost is...
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Douglas Fir: Folklore & Medicinal Uses
Douglas Fir Fable, History, Identification, Food & Medicine Douglas fir is a thing of scent memories. From my early childhood, when my grandparent’s grew them for Christmas trees. From my teenage...
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Horehound Candy: Bitter & Sweet
Horehound Medicinal Uses Not everything in life is perfectly sweet. Sometimes things are a little bit bitter. Or a lotta bit bitter. As is the case with horehound (Marrubium vulgare). This...
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Fairy Finery: Elderflower Marshmallows
Oh, the glory of elderflower season is finally upon me! The frothy white blooms are bursting forth and glowing like tiny pearls in the sunlight… As an herbalist and wildcrafter, I have no further to...
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Foraged Oregon Grape & Lemon Curd
Oregon Grape: The Cinderella Story Sometimes when you are a kid, you’re told things that just aren’t true. Like that if you don’t go to sleep – Santa won’t come, if you eat watermelon seeds they will...
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