April 2009

The Backyard Homestead

April 30, 2009
Backyard homestead book

Anyone who knows me just a little should know that a book titled "The Backyard Homestead
" is guaranteed to make me swoon!
Add in a subtitle of: "Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!" and be still. my. heart.
At the conference we attended last weekend, my darling hubby saw me [...]

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Planting Potatoes, Pitchforks and Other Fun Things

April 30, 2009
Steph-pitchfork4
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Eczema: Solving the Underlying Causes, Part 1

April 29, 2009
Hands

Now that we've discussed what eczema is and some of it's causes, as well as how to achieve some relief, it's time to start thinking about long term and underlying causes. I think one of the first things to do in really dealing with eczema is to start ruling out possibilities of cause, to try to narrow it [...]

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Don’t Cry Over Sour Milk (Using Your Raw Milk Gone “Bad”)

April 28, 2009
Raw-milk-jugs-lightened

A few years ago, I wouldn't be caught dead suggesting that you use up and consume your soured milk products, let alone touch them myself. The proper place for them was down the drain!
That was until I became a raw milk advocate. Though it took a little bit of reading and researching to wrap my [...]

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