Make dilly beans for the best way to use your surplus green bean harvest. Made with fresh dill and fragrant garlic, these pickled green beans will blow your mind. If you need some old-fashioned pickled green beans in your life, can some of these dilly beans for the pantry! Pickled green beans are a staple…
Homestead & DIY
We have our own little urban homestead and we are so excited to share our homesteading endeavors with you! This is where I will be talking about things like storing and preserving and dehydrating food, harvesting rainwater, and DIY projects like making a homemade apple press, an herb and flower drying screen, or even your own beeswax food wraps!
12 Best Permaculture Books for Garden Planning
Permaculture books are an asset to any permaculturist or any gardener aspiring to learn about permaculture design. If you’ve ever wondered what exactly permaculture is, and how to start or progress your permaculture garden, these books have the answers. From beginner to the most seasoned permaculture gardener, you’ll find everything you need to know about…
15+ Ways to Preserve Peppers: Freeze, Can, Dry, Ferment & More!
Preserving peppers is an end-of-summer task that might have you wondering which method is best. When faced with a bumper crop of peppers in the garden, it’s not practical to try to eat them all within their ripeness window. I’ve gathered up 15+ of the very best ways to store peppers including how to can,…
Homemade Rosemary Mint Shampoo Bars
Rosemary and mint are beneficial for the hair and are perfect to use in a shampoo bar recipe. Learn how to make these homemade rosemary mint shampoo bars – they smell amazing, and are a wonderful herbal beauty care product! Homemade Shampoo Bars I love making my own homemade herbal bath and beauty products,…
Naturally Dyed Eggs with Herbal Tea
Make these naturally dyed eggs with herbal tea to add beautiful color to Easter eggs! There are many different shades of herbal tea from light like chamomile to dark like elderberry. The colors from herbs can be very effective in dyeing eggs naturally. Skip the store bought egg dye and use plants instead! Dyeing Eggs…
Foraged Simmer Pot: Winter Stovetop Potpourri
When the holidays come around there’s no better way to get in the spirit than to get a festive foraged simmer pot going on the stove! The smell is incredible and will get your home smelling like the holidays in a natural way. It’s even better when you use foraged ingredients for this winter potpourri!…
Eco-Friendly Gift Wrap: Reusable and Recycled Wrapping Paper
With the holidays approaching, it’s the perfect time to think about using eco-friendly gift wrap. Waste-free and sustainable wrapping options abound that look beautiful and are cost-effective – there’s no reason not to make the switch! Make the Switch to Eco-Friendly Gift Wrap Christmas, birthdays, and other holidays tend to become wastelands of an incredible…
Herbal Bath Salt with Calendula and Mint: Relaxing and Nourishing
This calendula and mint herbal bath salt is soothing to the skin and smells absolutely amazing! It is wonderful when made with fresh herbs, but can also be made with dried herbs for longer storage. Using high quality sea salt from New Zealand provides ample minerals to make for a relaxing and nourishing bath. Bio-Gro…
Dehydrated Pumpkin Pie Leather Roll Ups
These dehydrated pumpkin roll ups taste just like pumpkin pie but without all the sugar! Made with just fresh roasted pumpkin, apples, and spices, pumpkin leather roll ups are a delicious way to celebrate fall. Kids love them too! The Ultimate Guide to Preserving Vegetables Book I got this recipe for pumpkin pie roll ups…
How to Bottle One Gallon of Hard Cider (or Mead)
Once you’ve brewed and fermented a one gallon batch of hard cider, mead, or other homebrew, it’s time to bottle it! This is my simple method for how to bottle hard cider or mead. How to Bottle Hard Cider or Mead Before bottling hard cider, you need to brew up a batch! This same method…
