We ended up having to dig up one of my marshmallow plants to make room for a post in the garden and this is the first time I have been able see just how big those precious, medicinal roots have become.

I thought it would be fun to start writing blog posts reflecting on my week and what we have going on, much like I do on youtube with my ThisNThat videos. I will continue to write how to's and share recipes

I love making my own nut and seed milks. The cost is so much less than store bought and without all the nasty ingredients. Plus, you can usually make a cup of nut flour (per quart of nut milk made) from

Hello all! Long time no see on my end and I apologize. There have been many things going on around here and life has been crazy but I have decided to try to get in here and start posting again though I

Though I absolutely LOVE to grind my flour by hand because I enjoy the workout it gives to my arms, as my life gets more and more busy with skirt and apron orders, gardening and preserving foods, caring

Made up a batch of some healthy orange chocolate, no sugar added, only about a half cup or more of organic raisins for sweetness plus a cap full of Orange Oil and dehydrated peels from organic oranges.

I am starting a video series called Making the Most of Leftovers. For my first installment, I have Steelhead Salad Spread made from a leftover steelhead fillet I had baked in the Solar Oven the day before

A couple of weeks ago, Patrick and I went out hunting chantrelles as we had heard they were out, unfortunately, we did not find any that time but what we DID find was Chicken of the Woods and that was

Yesterday I decided to finally try my natural raisin yeast bread out as a pizza crust and it turned out pretty good. Though I still have yet to master the art of tossing the dough, especially when talking

I know, I know, I have been MIA again. Though I am finding more time for things that require little thought, I just do not like the idea of trying to throw up a post without taking the time to make it

Youtube's thought and word police app is just out of control. I put up this video about Spicy Lacto Fermented Pickles and before I could even post it, it was demonitized. At first I had assumed it was

About a year ago I finally got into the habit of soaking my wheat berries before grinding them for making healthier breads. With all the health benefits to soaking your grains and seeds, it is a good habit

I found a wonderful healthy method of getting a good thick yogurt without the need to strain out the whey. So good and very healthy! Enjoy the short video and have a wonderful Wednesday! ~Heidi

Patrick and I went out and picked another 5 gallons of blackberries yesterday and I also made a huge batch of chili on my rocket stove. Today, I froze most of the blackberries but made some low sugar jam

Started digging into my first batch of spicy, fermented homegrown green beans and green onions. YUM! Next time I will add dill for a fermented "Dilly Bean". Filtered out my blueberry vinegar

It has been cloudy these past few days here in rain country so when our solar battery bank is not fully topped off, I choose to cook on the rocket stove rather than the hot plates. Last night I had barbecued

I recently decided to try using one of my floral vinegars for cleaning various surfaces and even in the laundry and was very pleased with the results. The excitement of knowing that is one less thing I

My oldest son's girlfriend is quite talented and makes beautiful hand painted and burned signs. She just made me this one for our chicken coop and I LOVE it! Here are a few other samplings of her work:

First, please allow me to apologize for the sound, I usually do not play music all the way through my videos because I seem to have issues with this as no matter how low I turn it down in the editor and

We have a friend with tons of blackberries growing wild on their property. We were invited to come pick some of their abundance and we gladly obliged. The blackberries are coming in early here and this