by Spiraea Herbs | Apr 12, 2017 | Canning & Preserving, Homesteading, Recipes
Homesteading can mean a lot of things depending on who you ask. For us one of the key components is self sufficiency and home-cooked food. Over the last few weeks I’ve read terrifying articles, one after another about mass produced food found in our grocery...
by Spiraea Herbs | Mar 8, 2017 | Basics, Clinic & Business, Herbalism, Homesteading, Managing Your Homestead
As a homesteader and a herbalist I spend a lot of time in my kitchen. We try our best to eat home-cooked meals almost exclusively so that means I spend a great deal of time meal prepping and cooking. When I’m not cooking/prepping food I’m wearing my...
by Spiraea Herbs | Feb 23, 2017 | Basics, Homesteading, Managing Your Homestead
Eating healthy is not cheap these days. Scrap that… eating in general isn’t cheap these days. Throw supporting local farms and an organic lifestyle into the mix and you have a recipe for financial bankruptcy! Okay perhaps I exaggerate a little, but you...
by Spiraea Herbs | Feb 15, 2017 | DIY Herbal, Garden, Herbalism
I grew up in an annual family. Each year we would pile into the car and drive to the local garden center so my mother could pick out flowers for the gardens around our house. This wasn’t always an enjoyable experience as I suspect my father wasn’t keen on...
by Spiraea Herbs | Feb 8, 2017 | Homesteading, Recipes
So last year I wrote about leaving my vegetarian ways and after much soul-searching my family did decide to start eating meat again. There were many reasons for this change and we did not come to the decision lightly. If you are interested in my thought process you...
by Spiraea Herbs | Feb 1, 2017 | Basics, Garden, Homesteading
I’ve never been any good at starting seeds. I’ve successfully grown mold a few times (woo hoo for growing stuff), but most of the time they dry out or end up spindly and never survive transplanting. Many of the reasons I haven’t had success had to do...
