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What is your favorite thing to eat at Christmas
Do you have favorite desserts, side dishes, traditions of foods? Do you make the same candy and cookies? or cakes, pies, bread?
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Show 163: Wild Carrot, Medicinal Grasses, Kraut, Limoncello and Christmas Sausage
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Ancient Cultural Traditional Artisans
I want this to be a thread where we share very unique ancient "crafts" that are being kept alive by a select few in their area. Let's celebrate these hard-working makers found around the globe! I really enjoy learning about these unique processes & products that have been handed down to a select few over an unknown number…
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Using glass lids to start plants.
I stumbled into this and I am getting good results.
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ANARCHY IS COMING! And it's not what you think...
When the currencies hyper inflates and becomes worthless, Govt's around the world will all collapse within a few months right after that. What Gov't worker will stay on the job when thier monthly pay doesn't even buy a coffee? So what does anarchy look like? Probably a LOT better than you can imagine (after we get through…
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Free Herbal Resource downloads
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Christmas Special 2023 - FREE BOOKS!
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Christmas Baking Season is Upon us
What new thing are you making this year? I will be making this to put on my Christmas treats board this year.😋 Variations are given for different dietary needs.
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Lip Balm Recipes
There are a few recipes posted for lip balms under different categories, but I thought it might be a good idea to have a discussion just for a collection of lip balm recipes. This first one is from a new email from Mountain Rose that arrived in my inbox this morning. Looks like a great Christmas gift idea. I'm making this…
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Search Tips: Tags
Did you know that if you click on a tab under a post, everything with that tag will come up as if you searched that word? It should show everything with that exact tag.
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Pfeffernusse/Peppernut Cookies
These are a popular Christmas snacking cookie in Germany & among the Mennonite people. I know them by their Low German name. We cut ours straight across in tiny little "pillows" and didn't glaze them. These were placed out in a bowl for snacking on after having been stored in a jar. They are addictive and go very well with…
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New Free Course by the Herbal Academy - The Sensory Approach
The Herbal Academy is offering a short free course, intended to give us a better idea of which herbs to choose for a certain issue or condition. Its somewhat similar to Rosalee de la Foret's Taste of Herbs program in that it discusses the various tastes of herbs and what they indicate. Three videos along with transcripts.…
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Broc, Cali and lettuce indoors in dirt under lights
I am growing 6 plants each. I am 70 days into this and about 30 days ago 1 to 2 leaves on half all of these plants started to brown at the tip and eventually fell off. I raised the lights from 18 inches to 24 inches. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Don't believe in electroculture
There has been some discussion of a gardening fad called "electroculture". The idea is that you stick a wire in the ground near the growing plants to serve as an antenna and bring electrical potential to the growing plants. The YouTuber "Garden Like a Viking" did an experiment in his garden, with some plants having these…
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Drying bean seeds in humid climate
My bean varieties are relatively rare, so seeds can be hard to buy. I try to save some for seed. I harvested my remaining bean plants around first frost, dumping the entire plants in the garage. The hope was that they would be protected from wetness, and dry to good, usable seeds. But although there's no water in the…
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Another chicken butchering method
I bought an interesting used book yesterday. It was printed in the 70s. It covers a lot of projects. Among all of the other information on how to make _____, I found this contraption.
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Trusted Reference Websites of our Herbalist Practitioner Members
I would like this thread to be available to our Certified Natural Health Practioner members only, so that we have a solid list of websites to easily reference as we build our knowledge. There are so many websites that claim to be safe & trustworthy, yet may not be. It is easy to be fooled and so, we need to be very…
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Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines: Lonicera, Honeysuckle
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Show 162: New book, Clam and Corn Chowder, and Poison Hemlock
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Starting cabbage in Kratky system.
I do like how the cabbage is growing, I hope I can outlast the bugs and get some cabbage. First time trying this way of growing cabbage.
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Freeze Dryer - Anyone have experience
A friend of mine is buying a freeze dryer. Very expensive unit. I'm sure it will come with instructions and recipes but I was wondering if anyone has any experience with a unit like this. Tips? Suggestions? Recipes? Do's and Don'ts?
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New Year's Cookies
From one of my Mennonite books. This is a traditional fritter in many households. It is addictive and best fresh. 😀 If you have extra, they freeze well. Just heat them up & enjoy.
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Rifle season & livestock
I posted this on a local forum. I am posting this here too because I know we most likely have a lot of readers (since we are a public forum) who will be new to hunting or may engage in unsafe practices. We had one guy at about 8:45 am today, in a newer (possibly 2017) white Ford F150 crew cab with a white box stop on the…
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Trusted Books of our Herbalist Practitioner Members
I would like this thread to be available to our Certified/Registered Natural Health Practioner members only, so that we have a solid list of books & authors to easily reference as we build our library. There are so many resources that claim to be safe & trustworthy, yet may not be. It is easy to be fooled and so, we need…
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5 Minute Rainwater Collection System - Super Simple!
So the city water completely sucks. I am grateful for it, but water is so important and the city doesn't cut it. So when it started to rain today, I made a simple rainwater collection system in less than five minutes! Check it out. Your health is your number one asset. You are 75% water and you need high qualtiy water.…
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Life lessons
I have come to realize that there is only one thing I truly understand in life and that is fishing...and fishing usually isn't catching. No matter how much you know, it usually doesn't work out. But, I would still rather be fishing than most anything else.
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Garlic Mustard
If anyone has access to garlic mustard, I would be glad to buy some seeds - I want to try them as microgreens!
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Design Plans for 2023
Last year I got the idea to come up with a plan from @judsoncarroll4 so I thought I would take the time in winter to create my 2023 plan. It sort of was started by nature, we had a lot of rain in December and after the rain I realized that some Kale seeds and potatoes I planted last year came up! I am hoping that once I…
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The mouse problem
It's that time of year when everyone wants to come in out of the cold, and hunker down in a warm house. Unfortunately, "everyone" includes the mice! I had a mouse get into my microgreen growing shelf, despite the fact that it's about 4 ft off the ground with no obvious way to climb up. It must have climbed the power cords…
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100 day challenge
I'm planning to start a 100 day challenge to get out of my rut. I'm thinking everyday I'll try or do something new. Has anyone else done a 100 day challenge? Would anyone be interested in joining and sharing? I'll plan to start next week and post here when interesting. Hopefully shaking up my molecules will help improve my…
