Blog, Herbs & Essential Oils, Home Remedies
* This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure. It’s easy to make your own homemade echinacea tincture at home for a fraction of the cost of store-bought prepared tinctures. All you need is fresh or dried...
Blog, From-Scratch Recipes
* This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure. I’ll be honest… I’m not a tea drinker. In fact, I could probably go the rest of my life without drinking another cup of tea and I’d be alright. But take away my...
Blog, From-Scratch Recipes, Preserving
We cook the vast majority of our meals at home, from scratch, and one of the ingredients we use most is stock (or broth… We’ll discuss the difference in a minute). I probably use a quart or two of chicken stock every week on average— sometimes more if I’m making a big...
Blog, Organic Gardening, Self-Sufficiency & Simple Living
We’ve had a summer growing season as strange and unpredictable as 2020 itself. Despite a warm, sunny spring, the summer got off to an unseasonably cool, wet start in June and July. This meant that some of our heat-loving crops like tomatoes and peppers got off to a...
