Homestead Life
My Greenhouse! Full of Hope & Magic!
Greenhouses are places filled with hope and touched with magic. On a cold, snowy February day, walking into my greenhouse is like waking into spring. Filling flats with my own potting soil, placing seeds into that lovely soil, adding a label, and watering everything...
Working Up Fire Cider!
Remember this post? https://theessentialherbalist.com/2023/01/fire-cider-for-immune-support/ on how to make Fire Cider? It's time to strain it and bottle it! You'll need a cotton cloth, a bowl (make sure it is big enough to hold 2 quarts of liquid) and fine mesh...
My Immune Support Tea!
We're in what is supposed to be the coldest month of the year in Tennessee! Today I was outside washing 2 skunky dogs in short sleeves! Weather is weird! I wanted to quickly share my own personal recipe for a tea that stimulates and supports your own immune system. ...
Gone Muddin’!
I've been muddin'. Ever heard of it? I've not intentionally gone muddin' mind you...but right now it's gonna happen no matter what. Even though my little Kubota is in 4 wheel drive, we are still slip slidin' all over this farm!I I captured these pics on the only...
Mom
Mom passed away a few days after my last post. Although she was 96, almost 97, it was unexpected. I had just spoken with her. She was at supper and she tended to fall asleep over her meals. But this time that sleep was permanent. No one near her noticed a thing so...
And so it begins!
These last few days I've had some help here on the farm. I've cleared my schedule and just dedicated this week to farm projects...getting the garden expanded and fenced in, cleaning out and organizing some buildings, getting some estimates for some other projects and...
Evidently, I can fly!
I was doing chores yesterday with two of my grandkids. We went to the calves field to feed Gloria. Gloria is very tame, comes when called, loves to have her cheeks scratched. One day she will grow up to be a milk cow. One of my younger grandchildren recently got...
She won!
She won her fight against this virus! It took a lot of work. It took keeping on top of things. It took family members being willing to work together and to go in and offer her supplemental support when her provider refused to do so. I took a new doctor who believed...
Fighting for her life!
This is my mama! She turned 95 in December of last year. She had a partial hip replacement in October and this is her in rehab. She worked hard while she was there. She's a pretty tough cookie! Last Thursday afternoon I received a call from a nurse at her...
Cow Tales!
I've ended the old year....and have begun a new year...chasing cows. I've had a Houdini steer for awhile. If I kept him in a field by himself he never strayed but he bellowed night and day to be with his friends. If I relented and let him hang out with the gang,...