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Walking the Sugar Trail

By: Wendy April 1, 2017January 6, 2019

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Making Medicine: Preparing Wild Chaga

By: Wendy November 21, 2016January 6, 2019

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Our full moon gathering of wild chaga yielded abundance that we are now processing into useable forms of chaga, for tea, for tincture/extraction, as well as skin preparations. Wild chaga is very dense, hard, and much like the wood it grows upon, and does not break down easily. This is how we chose to work…

Gather

By: Wendy October 24, 2016January 6, 2019

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Deep fall when leaves have left their precarious perches high above heads, making their journey back to the earth, after the color, the vibrancy, the autumnal glow is fading, is the time to gather wild rosehips. The hard frost has been upon the homestead steadily for over a week now. Breaking through ice that freezes thick on water troughs…

Medicinal Properties of Wild Strawberries

By: Wendy June 24, 2016June 27, 2016

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Many of the foods we eat are medicinal. It is my belief that Food is Medicine. Every bite and swallow that we imbibe in either nourishes and strengthens the body, mind, and spirit, or in the case of processed, industrialized, or junk food, it harms, depletes, and overloads the body’s systems. Wild and foraged food,…

Health Benefits of Drinking Chai Tea

By: Wendy March 5, 2015March 5, 2015

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….and why you should love it too. This is and should be the subtitle of this post. Now that we are all aware of my shamefully unabashed love for Chai tea, let me explain myself. And yes, I know that justification and excuse making are sure signs of addiction, but before ya’ll sign me up for a…

The Homemade Homestead Apothecary~ Tea Love

Making tea is a wonderful start on your path to herbal healing and wellness. Tea can be a wonderful soother for a busy, stressful days. Making ‘tea time’ a family tradition is a wonderful way to include the kiddos, as is learning, gathering, growing, blending and preparing herbs and herb for tea. The boys love to blend their favorites. Their…

The Homemade Homestead Apothecary

The time is upon us to take back our health and wellbeing. The call is out there, I hear it on the wind and in my heart to share what I have learned, and continue to learn about caring for and healing our bodies, our hearts, and those of our families. The Homemade Homestead Apothecary is a…