Alternative medicine

Herbal Remedies on the Homestead: Tinctures, Teas, Syrups, and Salves

Using Herbal Remedies on the Homestead One of the greatest benefits of homesteading is the increased responsibility you have over…

3 years ago

Cannabis 101

Introduction to Cannabis Cannabis hasn’t always been a controversial substance. In fact, it wasn’t until the early twentieth century, around…

3 years ago

Time to Tincture

Growing herbs seems to be a feast-or-famine venture. Spring and summer are the bountiful months and that is great. Nothing…

3 years ago

Grow an Herbal Skincare Garden: 7 Easy-to-Grow Herbs for Naturally Healthy Skin

You grow herbs for culinary uses and maybe herbal remedies, but did you know you can use herbs for skincare…

3 years ago

Garden Therapy: Getting in Touch with Your Roots

My introduction to gardening began with time spent in my grandfather’s garden.  His suburban lot was no bigger than 10,000…

3 years ago

Essiac Tea: Hope in a Cup

Rene Caisse was a modest, humble, hardworking nurse from Canada when she discovered the herbal remedy that rocked the medical…

3 years ago

Making Oxymels: The Sweet-Tart Medicine

Oxymel... what an odd word.  The etymology of the word actually gives us the basic recipe for this ancient medicine. …

4 years ago

Delightful Scents: Using Essential Oils for Health and Home

In 1964, Dr. Jean Valnet said, "It is conceivable that the day will come when the true therapeutic value of…

4 years ago

How to Grow a Food Forest in Five Years

In times of uncertainty such as these, becoming as self-sufficient as you can is a smart idea.  One of the…

4 years ago

Utilizing Trees on the Homestead: Crafts to Cure-alls

  When you become a homesteader, you notice how much nature is willing to give to us in return for…

5 years ago

Reclaim Your Health with Raw Milk

  Raw milk.  The term makes many people shudder.  Most states don’t allow raw milk to be sold in the…

5 years ago

Mineral-rich Weeds

  Picking mineral-rich weeds like dandelion, clover, chickweed, and plantain is a great way to round out your nutritional intake…

5 years ago