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Building Bridges With Basil, Rosemary And Yarrow

Add to Favorites By Judith Andrews Starting a medicinal herb garden in early spring of 2013 was the beginning of bridge awareness—the bridge between fresh herbs and their equivalent essential oils, between traditional …

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Knowledge of Snake Bite First Aid Can Save Lives
March 13, 2019 · · Self-Reliance

Add to Favorites Are snakes one of those things you’re afraid of? I can’t help but think of an old country song “I Don’t Like Spiders and Snakes….” That’s the …

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Identify Toxins in Your Home
March 13, 2019 · · Self-Reliance

Add to Favorites In order to protect our loved ones, we have to identify toxins in our homes. It seems we can’t escape them. They’re everywhere around us in so …

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Homemade Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

Add to Favorites Makes 7 quarts        14 pounds of tomatoes run through a strainer (weigh them before straining)        1 cup of olive oil   …

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Cider Vinegar to Treat White Muscle Disease
March 13, 2019 · · Sheep

The summer of 2002 was the first time I encountered White Muscle Disease in our flock of purebred Icelandic sheep. It affected two ewes I had purchased bred in late winter. We were hit had in early June here in Michigan with severely hot and humid weather.

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Learn How to Make Flavored Vinegar

Add to Favorites By Rita Heikenfeld and Erin Phillips – Remember when buying vinegar meant choosing between distilled, clear grain vinegar, cider, and a few choices of red and white …

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Crabapples

Now treated primarily as ornamentals, these trees have uses that go far beyond being pretty or being used as a source of crabapple jelly.

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Culture Your Own Probiotics for Your Backyard Chickens

Probiotics are a very natural and very gentle health boost for your chickens. They supply an amazing array of system-supportive beneficial bacteria.

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A Tomato Ketchup Recipe Anyone Can Make

It’s nearing the end of tomato season. You tend to your plants tirelessly, and now, if you’re like me, you’re getting tired of making tomato sauce.

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Canning Salsa Recipes Abound

Add to Favorites Canning salsa recipes are everywhere these days. There are so many options to try! You can experiment with canning salsa using tomatoes, corn, beans, fresh herbs, dried …

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Reviving Old Crab Apple Recipes

Previous generations grew crab apple trees as an edible, not just decorative, tree. People knew how to care for apple trees and nurtured them.

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A Guide to Salting Food Preservation
March 13, 2019 · · Canning & Kitchen

The successful, savory narrative of salting food preservation is fascinating when its history and uses are examined.

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An Easy Pomegranate Jelly Recipe
March 13, 2019 · · Canning & Kitchen, Recipes

First come the strawberries, then the blueberries and peaches. And apples. Lots of apples. Then, about the time we think we’re done with canning season, pomegranates go on sale. We then scramble for a pomegranate jelly recipe before the ruby fruits turn old and leathery.

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Food Preservation Examples: A Guide to Food Storage
March 13, 2019 · · Canning & Kitchen

Add to Favorites I tell my friends there are two types of people: preppers and those who laugh at preppers. Why is preparing for a rainy day such a laughable …

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A Tasty Recipe for 3-Bean Salad

When I picked my most recent bean harvest, I just couldn’t stand the thought of another round of Dilly Beans so I went in search of something new to make.

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