by Spiraea Herbs | Apr 14, 2015 | Crafting & Crocheting, DIY Projects, Green Living, Homesteading
Slowly but surely my family and I are becoming more self sufficient. I love making my own cleaning products and supplies. While they may be simple, cheap and easy DIY projects, they have big payoff in terms of self satisfaction and use! If you haven’t done so...
by Spiraea Herbs | Mar 31, 2015 | DIY Projects, Green Living, Homesteading, Natural Health
On our journey to becoming a more self sufficient household (and a greener one too) I am endeavoring to make all of my own cleaning and personal products. If you haven’t seen my post about DIY dish soap you can check it out here. Being a frugal lady and a...
by Spiraea Herbs | Mar 18, 2015 | DIY Projects, Green Living, Homesteading, Recipes
I always get excited about DIY projects, especially ones that are all-natural and can save us money! We’ve been talking a lot lately about our future dream of homesteading and owning our own little home on a chunk of land somewhere. To make that dream a reality...
by Spiraea Herbs | Mar 10, 2015 | Fermented Foods, Homesteading, Natural Health, Recipes
If you love soda but aren’t interested in consuming all of that unnatural stuff they put in them, then a ginger bug might be exactly what you’re looking for! A ginger bug falls into the glorious category of fermented foods. Joined by heavy weights...
by Spiraea Herbs | Feb 2, 2015 | DIY Projects, Green Living, Homesteading, Natural Health
I’ve seen a few blogs and pins about this floating around the interwebs and this morning I decided to try my hand at it. There is a whole host of reasons why making your own toothpaste is a good idea. For me the main benefit is controlling what’s in it...
by Spiraea Herbs | Dec 17, 2014 | Emotional Health, Freezer Meals, Homesteading, Natural Health, Seasonal Affective Disorder
Hi all! Welcome to my second installment of freezer meals for the winter season. If you didn’t see my introduction post on beating the winter blues you can find it here. And my first set of freezer meal recipes can be found here. So just to recap on how...
