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I am not selling these and I don't raise these type of goats so I can't take advantage ( although I did try to talk my husband into it. I would LOVE to have a lamancha but he said I had enough on my plate. He is not getting this whole chicken/goat math thing). Anywho vet came by to bred my...

I will admit, sometimes I feel like the kids are using the last thread of my patience. Fighting me over schoolwork, chores and even eating. The school year is the worst of course because there is SOO much more for them to fight me over. This year I am adding 2 littles to my group. I am a little...

So, I am working on a little bookshelf that will eventually hold jars of wonderful things. ( this is the working part of my herbal notebook to track remedies) I have made 3 pretty little tins of plantain salve. I have jars of raspberry, strawberry and blackberry leaves ( all do similar things I...

One of the things that I remember from when I was little was pine honey. My Oma ( I had many since I adopted them since mine were all dead) took me walking and would pinch off the tips of new pine growths. Not the whole thing but just part of it. Anywho when she had enough we would head back...

So right now I have violets, strawberry and raspberry leaves. I am about to work on mint and corn silk. Its under consideration to grow my own oat grass for green oatstraw. Dandelion root is also on the radar. Just have not got around to that one. Not like there is a shortage of those here...

I have been thinking about doing one of these. I try to self treat as much as I can. I independently study natural cures, illnesses and various alternative therapies. I was thinking that most things I discover about my own health or about treatments i am using is through my journal. Granted I...

So apparently I cannot let my parents out of the house alone anymore. They went on a little drive to the butcher to pick up a picnic ham for a Sunday dinner. They bought 70+ lbs of green ham. That is a lot of pork people and I have no clue what to do with it. They had one cut up into roasts...

Ok, well we survived the flu but now I am trying to slip into brochitis. I am putting up a good fight though. Got my homeopathic asthma and brochitis remedy on hand. Drinking acv water like 4 times a day. Lots of raw honey. To get through the flu we did tons of elderberry syrup. Heck we were...

I am looking for the best way to educate myself so that I can help my family stay healthy without depending on the doctor. I know at times a doctor might be needed but for the most part I prefer to avoid them. Has anyone done courses of study that they found helpful, or books they studied...

With all these changes going around. Apparently even if they avert the cliff we still will feel a bit of pinch and then there are tax penalties with the health care thing. Of course everything getting more expensive. So what are you doing to prep your budget to cope with all this?

Ok I have seen this made roughly 30 years ago. For the longest time we had a jar at home. An Oma I adopted in Austria used to mail my mom a jar now and then. She would go walking in the mountains in the spring and as she walked she would pinch off pine buds. She was picky about from which...

I should say that I intend to keep every one of these. Raise my own grass fed steer to provide beef for the family. Go hunting this year to provide deer for the family. Raise my own meat chickens to provide for the family Raise half of the plant products we will eat this year Learn to milk my...

Ok, well time for my swansons order and I try to add or replenish an essential oil each time. So far I use frankincense, eucalyptus, lavender, rosemary, tea tree, and peppermint. I am thinking of adding rose oil. What do you guys have in your essential oils kit and what do you use them for...

sSome of you might have chatted with me on other forums like BYC or backyard herds. I use something pretty close to my username here on all the forums. I don't like to hide behind multiple identities because frankly I can't remember that much info. I am a mom to 4 great kids, and 5 goats, and...

Ok background. Struggled with gall bladder but corrected with diet. a couple years later it starts acting up again even though I had not changed diet. I was still eating better, avoiding some foods ect. Then all of a sudden the same familiar pain came back. Not as bad but constant AND it brought...

Ok well once upon a time mom or grandma did most of the doctoring and I am not so sure that was a bad thing. Knowledge is great but all these medicines and chemicals we put in our body seems to be making things worse instead of better. There is also the looming healthcare issues we are facing...

I would really like to start making my own. Is there a specific company or person someone got theirs from that they would recommend? I am looking at buying from culturesforhealth.com. They seem to be a big provider, just curious if anyone else has used them. or if there is a company someone...

I do have a great mechanic. He is an older guy, he hates my mini van and I hate it with him. Its about to die and its just shy of paid off. Now that I am so close to car payment freedom I don't want to go back but I have some money saved for a replacement. I want something older, easier to work...