Each spring I sow radish seeds amongst my beets and carrots. Because radishes are such a fast-growing crop, I'm able to harvest them when the beets and carrots are still young, allowing plenty of space for the root vegetables to continue their growth. And while radishes are a treat to eat fresh ...
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Lacto-Fermented Radishes Recipe
Planning a Fruit Tree Guild
My vision for planting our fruit tree orchard was to eventually fill in the entire area with perennials to create a huge food forest. The first fall after planting the fruit trees, I dutifully planted daffodils in a circle around the trunk and mulched with wood chips, planning a fruit tree ...
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Herbal Cold Relief Chest Rub
This winter our family has been hit by one cold after another. Perhaps it's the totally crazy NE Missouri winter weather this year - 75 degrees F one week, 20 degrees the next - or perhaps we're just hanging out with more kids than usual and sharing germs, but we've found ourselves with stuffy noses ...
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Butchering Pigs on our Homestead
{Please note: There are some graphic images in this post.}
This week we butchered these two pigs for meat.
This is our fourth time raising or co-raising pigs for meat. The first time was back in Oregon, in 2009, when we started with two organic Tamworth weaner pigs, raised them on a diet of ...
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