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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...

Still unsuccessful in making my own candies. I am determined to try though.

I don't exactly know. We have some that mom "freed" from Austria many many years before I was born and then there is some spruce that came from there also. We make the honey with both. I could not tell you a type. From what I have read almost all are safe for humans. I think maybe there was one...

I don't but maybe I should check into it. Tonight I took the lump that came out of the pot when we made this second batch and reboiled it with more water. Then strained it again. Added fresh lemon and more sugar and just boiled the fire out of it. When I could drop it into ice water and it turn...

I have 2 more batches on the stove. At this point we should have about 45 ounces of it by the time I go to bed. I will pick again tomorrow. My sister has really severe lung issues and does her best to stay well. She wants a good bit to hopefully help her when she does get brochitis. Everytime...

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...

I just bought corn today and I am saving the silk. I will hope we get some but I am not counting on it. Raccoons get more of our corn that we do so. I had not considered dandelion flower. Those would be easy enough to pick. Is there any medicinal value to the flowers. I plan on digging some...

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 go mostly on information from older folks I have gathered or from studies in other countries. The US is so stuffy about herbal medicine. My mother is from Austria and you get prescribed herbs. My mom does fennel for her tummy and st johns worth. A german friend of ours propagates stinging...

Well so far I have gathered violets for tea. Strawberry blackberry, and raspberry leaves for medicinal teas. I am in the process of making a plantain salve. I already made a rosemary, lavendar and teatree salve ( good for the little moscullum bumps the little one caught from her cousins swimming...

I have been steadily taking notes. I have a list of medicinals i can gather in the woods and fields around our farm. Actually a HUGE selection. Some things I will plant also. I just think if I am going to depend on myself more for care then I am going to need references and reminders of what I...

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...

I bought green oat grass and make the tea. We are going to grow some of our own though now that we know it works so well. The oatgrass has been AWESOME for the anxiety that came along with the hormone changes. Seriously I thought I could not make it through the day and about a month later I feel...

I will say this. I can actually eat this ham. I started having tummy issues and thought it was any pork but it ended up being "not really fresh" pork. You know that slimy stuff they sell at the store. The fresh stuff I could eat but ham still bugged me. I ate this and was fine. I think maybe...

You can also try a DO Doctor of osteopathy. I went to one and have no issues anymore. It took about 6 visits and I was good to go. Mine was so bad I could not write anymore.

I have really undocumented Asthma. My doctor wanted me to see a specialist even though she was positive. She tried to put me on an inhaler and some steroid pills and wanted me to consider more than just allergy pills. Its been over a year since I have had to use any steroids. I keep the...

Just an update: Both hams came out fantastic. We washed them down with vinegar water. ( there was light mold on them which we were told was normal). Anything black we were told to cut off. BUT the good news is that once all that was done and we had a slice it was fantastic. So now we know how to...

We have a Hoover windtunnel for pets. I love mine. My mom bought a vacuum for like 600 and mine is better. Very happy with it.

We have used tea tree oil and olive oil. We got them one time. Everything and I do mean everything got either fumagated or washed in hot water. What could not fit in a washer was bagged up and fumagated and left in the garage for 3 days with repeated "gassings". The little carpet that was down...

Not sure what it is about pickles. Maybe the salt. I have been cutting salt so maybe. I am thinking tonight of more and more things that have to change. So we maybe have a buyer for our house. I am excited. It means many many other plans can take effect. I am still working on our health. This...