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When God commands grown ups to build a fort (Feast of Tabernacles)

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Vacation on Jewfish island.

My Father and Mother in-laws celibated their 50th wedding anniversary. They rented a large tree house like cabin on Jewfish island in Florida for the entire fam...

Foraging for rose hip along the Rhine River

While riding my bike along the Rhine River, I found a treasure of rose hip (Rosa canina). Rose hip is the fruit of the wild roses. I was so happy to find so man...

Feed Production on the Synchronistic Subsistence Homestead

Every animal on the homestead must eat, including the homesteader. It is therefore surprising that so little attention is paid to producing the feed to feed the...

HOME MADE WHITE BREAD ( SUPER EASY RECIPE)

HOME MADE WHITE BREAD ( SUPER EASY RECIPE) https://s27.postimg.org/h5zvuayk3/IMG8924.jpg https://s27.postimg.org/j2wlyvp83/IMG8933.jpg Homemade bread is not onl...

Bursting with health and lip-smackingly delicious GINGER AND TURMERIC TEA

Drink hot on a cold day or chilled in the summer. This super delicious drink is packed full of medicinal goodness to boost your immune system and keep you fit a...

Thursday Afternoon (Herbal & Foraging) Book Reviews

Welcome to The Golden D Homestead Thursday Afternoon Book Review! Today I am focusing on herbs and foraging First up in the weekly book review is Healing Herbs:...

This is the Funniest Thing! Just Watch "Stinky Fish Challenge"

This is the Funniest Thing! Just Watch "Stinky Fish Challenge" https://youtu.be/e-qflm0APTk...

The Trees of My Land #1 : the Mighty Oak [Quercus robur]

http://helplesshuman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/oak-tree-greenhouse-201707-300x375.jpg We are blessed with over eleven thousand trees on our property. Most ...

The Herb Stevia as a Lyme Disease Treatment? Friday Fun: Homegrown Homemade Stevia Tincture

I first encountered a study that about the potential use of stevia as a lyme disease treatment awhile back, and used to have some stevia plants that died this p...

How to restore / season cast iron cookware.

I posted a blog here on Steem Yesterday about how to identify collectable cast iron cook ware. It generated a little interest! I'm hoping it helped some people ...

Refrigerated Bread and Butter Pickles

Ever have a REAL small harvest of cucumbers? Instead of eating them in salads, jazz it up a little bit with this bread and butter pickle recipe. Perfect to eat ...

Worth the wait: Kombucha is ready! No SCOBY, no problem!

Go tell all your friends! The Kombucha is ready at long last!! My humongous container, which has been sitting on the countertop filled with, to the untrained ey...

How to Tell Mosquitoes to Bug-Off! Naturally - Easy Tips to Repel Mosquitoes and Bugs

Summertime is a time of so many great things - trips to the beach, more time spent outdoors, barbeques, picnics, swimming, gardening... and the list goes on. Bu...

Megan's Honey

How our Honey Business got the name Megan's Honey. 5 Yrs ago, one of my twin daughters woke up one day and started walking funny, at first we thought she had fa...

Building Natural Immunity - Even Before Birth

Becoming pregnant changed my world! Yes it changes everyone's world but it sent me off on a tangent from everything I thought I knew. Having been a nurse for ma...

Recipie - Blackberry Preserves

 In southern Kentucky its blackberry season, and on our homestead, we  have tons of wild blackberries!  So last Saturday out we went into the &nb...

Permaculture, Homesteading, and Community Building // Harvesting Herbs for the Indigenous Wisdom & Permaculture Skills Convergence

Hi friends! I had a beautiful day harvesting herbs for a convergence that I'll soon be attending. From July 26th-July 31st, many of us will be gathering on the ...

Science Experiment: Cartesian Diver

Hello, my name is Joshua. I am The Homeschool Kid. Today I am going to show you one of my favorite science experiments. It is called the Cartesian Diver. The Ca...