Putting together an herbal first aid kit doesn’t need to be overwhelming or expensive. When you make your own natural remedies you’ll be able to control how much and what is in each remedy. This means you can make several first aid kits – one for the home, one for the car, and one for …
If you were to gather 10 people together and ask them how to make and can jam and jelly, you would probably get at least 10 different answers. Whether someone grew up canning with Grandma who still clings to the old ways or someone just learned by watching a YouTube video, there are many dangerous …
There is something very comforting and satisfying about chicken soup. This chicken soup recipe is really more of a tutorial showing you exactly how to make homemade chicken soup. You can use whatever vegetables you have in the garden or on-hand to make a nourishing, hearty chicken soup. As a child who grew up on …
Have you every heard of Golden Milk? Although it has milk in the name, it’s not actually a dairy beverage. It’s a nutrient rich drink with a coconut milk base. Why not use dairy milk? While dairy does have loads of nutrients on its own, dairy-free coconut milk offers even more. When combined with turmeric – the spice that gives golden milk its golden color – you get a beverage that live’s up to the spice’s name. The spice of life.
Here are five easy ways – solar ovens, rocket stoves, bread ovens, grills, and Dutch ovens – to prepare nutritious meals for your family, even in a power outage. Be prepared for any emergency when you set up systems to cook outdoors. As the summer approaches, many of us move more and more of our cooking …
When the harvest is coming in heavy, it’s often hard to know exactly what to do with it all. After all, your family can only eat so many jars of jelly or pickles in a year. Fortunately, there are many ways of preserving food at home so that your family can have a variety of food …
Use the beautiful, edible blossoms of spring and summer to make delicious flower jellies. These flower jelly recipes are delicious to eat and beautiful to give as gifts. It’s a great way to share the garden or local foraging adventures with friends and family. Jewel-toned jars full of sweet and floral flavors are a great …
As backyard chicken keepers, we all daydream of our ideal chicken setup. An acreage with plenty of space for the flock to free-range (and it is predator-free). A variety of chicken breeds so the egg basket will display a natural rainbow of colors. And for the comfort of the flock, a palatial chicken coop with …
Gardening can be an expensive hobby, fun, but expensive. If you hope to raise enough food for your family it can be difficult to find space suitable for growing large quantities of vegetables. Use these ideas to turn your upcycle items into garden pots. You’ll be surprised how much can be grown if you think …
Create an efficient and low cost kitchen by taking advantage of price breaks found by secondhand shopping at thrift shops and yard sales. Whether we’re starting out in our first apartment or expanding our cooking skills, we need to stock our kitchen with the essential equipment. In some cases that equipment can be expensive investments …