by Spiraea Herbs | Aug 31, 2017 | Canning & Preserving, Homesteading, Recipes
I’ve really been branching out in my canning over the last few years and these bread and butter pickles are one of my branches. I didn’t grow up in a pickle family – meaning that it wasn’t really something we served or had as a side dish. It...
by Spiraea Herbs | Apr 19, 2017 | Digestive Health, Fermented Foods, Homesteading, Natural Health, Recipes
Gut health is a big deal these days and for good reason. As a natural health practitioner and herbalist I know that one of the key factors to obtaining overall wellness is a healthy and well functioning digestive system. Simply speaking, if your digestion (this...
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 | 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 | Aug 26, 2016 | Canning & Preserving, Homesteading
I’ve always felt that my blog is a like a snapshot of my life and right now my life is mostly in my kitchen (as old fashioned and possibly boring as that sounds). I’m spending hours a day prepping food, canning and preserving and when I’m not in the...
