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Mixin’ Up Some Remedies and Cookin’ Healthy Foods

One of my winter projects is to learn more about home remedies.  We use some simple ones already:  garlic for colds and flus, water for headaches, raspberry leaves for cramps, and calcium and magnesium as a mild painkiller.    This winter, however, I plan to learn a bit more using Herbal Nurturing by Michele Augur.  […]

Now, to Eat It All!

We’ve been so blessed with our abundant harvest!  What’s more, this year I’ve even had the energy to preserve it, with the children’s help.  All that’s left are odds and ends like kale, New Zealand spinach, and perhaps beets if we don’t eat them all before the ground freezes.  Now comes the next challenge:  eating it all.   […]

Freezing Peppers

We grew half a triple row of peppers in our garden, and when the harvest sales were on we bought two bushels more at an incredible price.  So what do you do with almost three bushels of peppers? Why, you freeze them, of course, and it is so easy! We just washed the peppers, split […]

Frugal Molly Does Laundry: A Review

This month Molly’s Money-Saving Digest tackles “Socks, Suds, and Savings.”  Of course, there are also recipes, crafts, and my favorite column “This is My Story.”  This time the story is by Jennifer Sikora who has long been associated with Molly. Molly begins with the basics of making soups (including turkey stock) and stews.  Some of the recipes […]

Tightwad Tuesday: The Final Post

   helping each other be good stewards of all our resources: money, possessions, time, energy, and health   Although Tightwad Tuesday thrived for a long time when Canada Girl hosted it, it does not seem to be meeting a need now.  In consultation with Stacy, who linked up faithfully every week, I’ve decided that this is […]