As the daylight hours grow longer, it's rare that I climb in bed until well after 11pm. Still, I try to prepare for sleep by reading and have a giant stack of in-progress books above my bed. Although I'm a sucker for a good novel, I can't read them before bed because I get drawn in to the story and ...
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Growing a Salve Garden
If one of your goals is to increase your knowledge of herbs and create simple home remedies, a great starting point is a salve. Growing a salve garden is an easy and inexpensive way to source the herbs that you need for a healing salve.
A salve is a healing balm that is typically made with a few ...
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Lacto Fermented Garlic Scape Recipe
It's garlic scape season! Garlic scapes are the edible flower stalk of hard-neck garlic that shoot up in late May or early June. It is important to remove the scapes so the garlic plant can put its energy into developing beautifully big bulbs. (Check out my Ultimate Guide to Growing Garlic for more ...
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The May Garden
The May Garden can feel overwhelming, but the rewards are great. My only goal this month has been to stay on top of the madness that is a 2000 + square foot garden. To accomplish this, I have needed to set aside large chunks of gardening time each week, on top of my usual 30 minutes per day. The ...
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When Will my Cow Calve?
When will my cow calve?? That's the question we asked each day for the past two weeks! Since Creme Brûlée had been impregnated through the use of Artificial Insemination (AI), we had a "due date" pinned down and in the calendar. Unfortunately, like humans, the due date doesn't tell you exactly when ...
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Preventing Tick Bites on the Homestead
I've seen a lot of posts on Facebook about this being a bad year for ticks. Ticks are no fun. In addition to being disease-carrying creatures, they tend to gross people out. Honestly, I'm immune to their ick factor, having pulled hundreds out of my family. But, I do give ticks a great deal of ...
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