Healthy Honey Chamomile Marshmallow Recipe | Natural and Gut Healthy 
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Healthy Honey Chamomile Marshmallow Recipe | Natural and Gut Healthy 

Growing up, I always loved toasted marshmallows. I didn’t have them very often as a kid, so whenever I could get my hands on them, I would take full advantage. As an adult, my love for toasted marshmallows hasn’t gone away, but the corn syrup and other less than ideal ingredients do not agree with…

Homemade Lemon Elderberry Herbal Cough Drops 
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Homemade Lemon Elderberry Herbal Cough Drops 

This late January has been rainy and cold and I couldn’t think of a better time to make a batch of these super easy natural cough drops. Cough drops first came out around the mid 1800’s and since then, they’ve grown into a very normal part of our sick day routines. Unfortunately, cough drops that…

Handy Tips for Garden Preparation During the Winter
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Handy Tips for Garden Preparation During the Winter

We’re officially in mid-winter and if you’re like me, you may be getting a little restless. Mid-winter is the perfect time to start planning your garden, as you can take your time and be intentional, all while being proactive. It’s best to start preparing early, so that you’re not inundated with gardening tasks come spring,…

Homemade Wooden Spoon and Cutting Board Conditioning Wax
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Homemade Wooden Spoon and Cutting Board Conditioning Wax

If you live in a dry area, or you’ve left your wooden utensils to soak in water for too long, you may find that they have become sandpapery and dry. If you’re like me, you have a bunch of wooden spoons that you love, but sometimes neglect. They end up sitting on your counter looking…

14 Lost Homesteading Skills To Learn This Year
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14 Lost Homesteading Skills To Learn This Year

We live in a time where everything is super accessible. We no longer need to knit our own sweaters, or make our own laundry baskets. And while the accessibility we have is a gift, we have lost something beautiful while getting here. The number of skilled artisans is slowly dwindling as handmade goods have been…

Things To Do In The Winter: How To Thrive, Not Just Survive
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Things To Do In The Winter: How To Thrive, Not Just Survive

“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extra-ordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through.”  Katherine May It’s winter time, and for many of us, especially those of…

10 Handmade Gifts to Make This Season 
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10 Handmade Gifts to Make This Season 

The Christmas season is here, and many of us are making lists of what we’re going to gift to our loved ones. Some difficulties many people run into, include budget and finding something special for that person who has everything. That’s where homemade gifts come in! They are cost effective and because they are handmade,…