Many may not be aware that elderberry grows in many parts of the US, including here in Southeast Texas. Stands of elderberry are most common along streams and other moist areas. When foraging any plant, it’s important to know what you are picking and the look alikes. NEVER EAT OR PICK ANYTHING
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It can be the worst feeling in the world, when you feel like your best isn’t good enough. Folks, this farming/homesteading gig is hard. Like, really hard. Like, sometimes I just want to cash in all my chips and run away, hard. I have been preparing myself
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I have been surrounded by animals my entire life. I honestly don’t remember a time when I didn’t at least have a dog. Oh yeah, I forgot about that time in college when I lived in the dorms. When I got an apartment, I snuck my dog in. That was until I got caught.
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Grrrr…..I am being ripped off!” This was a message I got on my Facebook messages. “Whoa, hold on there, buckoo. What’s the problem?” Turns out it wasn’t about me ripping someone off. I had suggested a local business to someone and they felt that they had been ripped off by this person
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Our natural bug repellent is awesome (don’t take my word for it, you can read what people are saying HERE), but when you can make a product even more awesome, you do it. How, you ask? Good question. I’ve added beauty berry to our formula. That’s all well and good, but
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“Ms. Stephanie, I am in need of some of your liquid knowledge,” said one of our customers. One of our regular customers that buys milk, eggs, and soaps off of us, purchased a spaghetti squash and called me a few days later to see how to cook it. I am not sure what liquid knowledge
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“Momma,” “I wanna do what you do.” “What do you mean?” I asked “I wanna make something to sell when we go with you to the farmer’s market.” “Well, ok then!” These are words I LOVE to hear-my kids taking initiative and wanting to start their own business venture. To them it maybe about making
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“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I got lucky this year. We usually aren’t graced with the presence of the wild plantain, until late winter/early spring, but a warm winter has it peeking out. This is lucky for you and for me, because
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This week we are highlighting the most popular soap in our line–lavender. I’ve talked about some of the benefits of lavender HERE, but this post will go more into depth about it. Like all of the soaps we make, the lavender bar’s main and most important ingredient is the goat milk. You can read about
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I was talking the other weekend to a customer at a holiday bazaar where we were selling our soaps about our goats. Numerous people have told me about how they grew up on goat milk because they couldn’t digest cow’s milk or the store formula. I talk about the benefits of drinking goat milk HERE,
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