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Farm Sale Report
I was a very bad girl today and went to a local farm sale, I really needed a bit of time off the farm and had planned to go to a talk on how to root cellar veggies but I got … Continue reading
No Buy Feb week 4
Well, here is the good news, I was perfect all week, I took food with me for our gatherings and didn’t buy anything other then a few basic staples at the grocery store.. until today.. I blew it, darn farm … Continue reading
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Soft Wheat Berry Bread..
Can you make reasonable sandwhich bread from soft wheat berries?? I know that soft wheat is recommended for cakes, and quick breads but does that mean you can’t make bread with it.. Do you sense a experment coming.. So I … Continue reading
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Oil is on my mind..
Been thinking about Oil alot lately, the price of oil, the availablity of oil, how many ways I use that oil on a daily bases, how many times that oil ends up in some form of my food.. Bet you … Continue reading
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Balm of Gilead
Balm of Gilead or Cottonwood Salve or oil The Buds are used in ointments and skin treatments to reduce pain and inflammation, and to ease rheumatic pain. Salicin, a major constituent of this plant, is a painkiller, while bisabolol in … Continue reading
Weigh in Week 8/11
After a week of really no exerise, and way! to much candy on my monday night out, I was feeling chicken to get on that scale today, must have been doing something somewhat right to counter chocolate fix.. as I … Continue reading
Turmeric
Turmeric was not a spice that my mom really used in our family at least not that I can remember, I had read about it in a number of health books and knew that it was a herb with a histroy, … Continue reading
Sweet Pickle Coleslaw recipe
This is a interesting little salad, its a sweet slaw instead of a savory.. 6 cups of Shredded cabbage, I like green for this one 1 carrot -Peeled and Shredded-I used 3 heaping Tbsp of Carrot Salsa 1 small onion-Peeled and diced 1 … Continue reading
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Ripe by Arthur Allen
The Search for the Perfect Tomato Now I know that someone somewhere just went, huh, that’s not a homesteading book and on the face of it, you might be right.. but Homesteading is about having many many toes in different … Continue reading
Urban Homestead
Check out Adapting in Place for a great post on Urban Homestead including a link to the ever growing Facebook page. Check out Doomers Site for some great thoughts on the issue, and if you really want to see how … Continue reading
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Just another Day on the Farm 