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Category Archives: Homesteading

Imbibed in April

  May 10, 2013 - 7:00 am | Food, Homesteading, Life & Culture, Recipes
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im•bibe. verb. 1.) to consume, to drink; 2.) to absorb, to soak up; 3.) to take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas, or the like. IMBIBED is monthly link love. It features links to posts by blogging comrades that I dig. It’s categorized based on my own blog’s… Read on →

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Homemade Tooth Powder and Mouthwash

  May 3, 2013 - 11:15 am | Health & Wellness, Homesteading
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Check out my guest post over at Healthy Roots, Happy Soul for recipes for tooth powder, mouthwash, and a toothache remedy.

Tagged hygiene

Amateur Gardening in Rhode Island Post #1

  April 12, 2013 - 3:31 pm | Food, Homesteading
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This is my second year seriously trying to grow food. I give new meaning to the term “amateur.” I volunteered on an organic CSA farm (Heartbeat Community Farm in Yellow Springs, Ohio) a few years ago, but the only thing I got any good at was harvesting. It’s everything that… Read on →

Tagged garden, local

Herbed Eggs and Greens

  October 19, 2012 - 3:20 pm | Eggs, Gluten-free, Homesteading, Paleo, Primal, Real Food (Weston Price), Recipes, Vegetarian
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I harvested chard and herbs from my garden: For breakfast, I chopped up some of the chard: I coarsely chopped some herbs (oregano and sage pictured, plus chives): I sautéed the herbs in butter for a bit: I added the chard, with a bit of salt and pepper: While that… Read on →

Tagged garden, stock

The Tomato Tree

  October 10, 2012 - 2:14 pm | Food, Homesteading
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Tagged garden, real food
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