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Fig Leaf Tea – It’s Healthy and it Tastes Amazing!

Fig leaf Tea is so amazing! When we moved into our house, we had a Brown Turkey Fig Tree in our yard. I was so excited about the tasty little…

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August 15, 2021
Canning, Food Preservation, Fruit Preserves & Pie Fillings, Water Bath Canning

How to can Blueberry Pie Filling to Use All Year

A few years ago, I learned how to make and can pie filling, and I will never turn back! Try this Blueberry Pie Filling and I promise you will be…

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March 24, 2022
Canned Vegetables, Canning, Food Preservation, Pressure Canning

How to Pressure Can Diced Onions for Long-Lasting Flavor

There are a few different ways to preserve onions. If you don’t have a lot of space to keep whole onions throughout the winter or extra freezer space to keep…

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September 9, 2024
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  • DIY Herbal Skincare Remedies,  Herbal Oils & Infused Oils,  Natural Living

    How to Craft Your Own Plantain-Infused Oil!

    April 17, 2024 / 5 Comments

    Infusing oils is such a great skill to learn. Infused oils can be used in so many ways. You can use infused oils in beauty products, cooking, aromatherapy, and for medicinal purposes. Plantain-infused oil is one of the newest ones in my arsenal. What is a plantain, you ask? I know most people immediately think of the banana-looking type of plantain when I start talking about this. But what I am referring to is commonly known to most people as a weed that grows throughout the world. Herbal oils are the foundation of so many natural remedies, learn more about them on our Herbal Infused Oils Page. This post contains…

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    Lisa Scott

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    How to Make Homemade Canned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling

    April 7, 2024 / 9 Comments

    If you love rhubarb and would love to enjoy it all year long, you need this Canned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling. Since I started making it, we started enjoying homemade pies and crumbles all year long. When you can the pie filling, all you have to do to make your dessert is dump it in a crust or crumble and bake. Super fast and easy! Want more step-by-step tips and recipes? Visit my complete Water Bath Canning Guide for safe, delicious canning ideas all year long. This post contains affiliate links. Using them will not cost you anything but will help us offset the cost of running the blog. We…

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    Upper Michigan Pasty: The Ultimate Recipe for Authentic Flavor

    March 15, 2024 / 4 Comments

    My husband’s family has roots in the Upper Peninsula, so making an Upper Michigan Pasty was pretty much a rite of passage. If you’ve never had a pasty (pronounced pass-tee), it’s like a hearty meat-and-potato hand pie—a Yooper favorite that dates back to the 1800s. These filling pockets were originally made for copper miners who needed a hot, portable lunch that could survive the morning in their coat pocket. My husband’s grandma made them for her family, and we were lucky enough to find her handwritten recipe. We’ve now made them part of our own kitchen traditions—and I hope they’ll become part of yours too. For more nostalgic meals like…

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    Unlock the Incredible Benefits of Tallow for Soaps and Skincare

    February 9, 2024 / 2 Comments

    If you’re like me, you were a little weirded out when you first learned about Tallow in Soaps or maybe even tallow in general. You want me to put what on my hands and face? 😆 When I started learning about all its benefits, I quickly got used to the idea and started really appreciating the knowledge. If you struggle with dry skin, here are 3 products to use to battle it! If you don’t know, tallow is rendered and purified beef fat. Yup, you read that right! When you render beef fat (specifically suet, found around the kidneys), you rid it of impurities and water, leaving a nutrient-dense oil that will…

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    Why I Ditched Toxic Ingredients and Switched to Natural Soaps

    November 12, 2023 / 5 Comments

    Have you ever flipped over a bottle of body wash or baby lotion and been stunned by the ingredient list? I sure was. What started as a simple goal to eat a little healthier after having my first baby quickly snowballed into something bigger. As I started learning to read food labels, I realized I needed to take a closer look at the products going on my skin, too—especially the ones I was using on my kids. What I found shocked me: everyday skincare and soaps were packed with toxic ingredients—many of which are known endocrine disruptors, allergens, or skin irritants. Even products labeled as “gentle” or “natural” often weren’t…

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    Is Lye Natural and Safe? Why It’s in Every Real Soap-Even the Gentle Ones

    October 30, 2023 / 5 Comments

    Why does lye (sodium hydroxide) need to be in soap? This is a huge question I asked myself when I started looking into a more natural way of making soap. I read all the ingredients in the soaps and other products we were putting on our skin. I began to wonder what all the chemicals were for and how they were affecting us. What I found is we don’t need all those crazy chemicals to create an amazing soap. But we do need Lye. You can not make a natural soap (or any soap) without it. Whether you are looking to choose more natural products or make your own DIY…

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    My Scheduled C-Section Story-Thanks to My Breech Baby

    August 5, 2023 / No Comments

    This post contains affiliate links. This will not cost you anything but helps us to offset the cost of running the blog. We only share products we are using and are items we would recommend to a friend. Thank you for your support! Click ‘HERE’ for more info. First of all, I went into this pregnancy NOT wanting to have a C-Section, but Hannah had other plans. I was taking a Bradley Method Birthing class so that I could have an all-natural drug-free birth experience. If you’re interested in that kind of birth experience I highly recommend the book Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way. You can also find a live class to…

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    June 26, 2023 / 3 Comments

    We’ve been using the Newborn All-In-One Grovia Cloth Diapers for 6 weeks now, and we love them! My daughter was born at 8 lbs 14oz, but by the time we got home, she had lost almost a whole pound (yeah, we had a slight weight issue), so she wore them as a 7lb 14oz baby and is about 9 lbs and is still wearing them. According to the Grovia website, Newborn Cloth Diapers are great for newborns between 5 and 12 pounds. I chose the GroVia brand of cloth diapers because the company is committed to high-quality, healthy, and environmentally friendly products. They also have some organic cotton options that…

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    The Rock Cycle is something we study in the Montessori curriculum pretty much every year, especially in the lower elementary years because if you’re 6-9 year old is anything like mine (or any of my students) they are all pretty much obsessed with geology! This post contains affiliate links. This will not cost you anything but will help us offset the cost of running the blog. We only share products we use and would recommend to a friend. Thank you for your support! Click ‘HERE’ for more info. I have always had a hard time with the rock cycle (I know, kind of embarrassing for a teacher to admit), I just could…

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    How to Make Cran-Raspberry Jam using Cranberry Juice

    February 11, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Cran-raspberry jam with cranberry juice is a sweet-tart twist on a classic fruit spread — and it’s surprisingly hard to find! After coming up short in my search, I decided to create my own version, and it turned out even better than expected. The tart cranberry juice adds a bright pop to the raspberries and gives this jam a nostalgic flavor that reminds me of the juice I loved as a kid. Want more recipes that use juice or simple ingredients? Browse our Jams and Jellies page for ideas that go beyond the basics. This post contains affiliate links. Using them will not cost you anything but will help us…

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Sam Rossi

 Mom, Montessori Teacher, Homeschooling Teacher, DIY Lover, Gardener

Lisa Scott

Wife, Mom, Homeschooling Teacher, DIY Lover, Gardener, Running a little farm over here and loving it!

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