tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17694315873309854422011-11-27T20:18:42.847-05:00My little place on the web for all things herb-y, homeschool-y, nutrition-y, etc. My goal is for everyone who enters here to learn something, so I hope you do! Please drop me a line if you have a question or a comment.Mrs Yoderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491993628181529534noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769431587330985442.post-86476543685546791772011-02-09T19:11:00.002-05:002011-02-09T19:11:24.436-05:00

This is a contest I'm really hoping to win because we're currently working on our food storage items. I'll still wish everyone luck, though! http://www.marilynmoll.com/2011/02/introducing-the-wondermill-junior-contest/

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 There is another giveaway at The Healthy Home Economist website and there are THREE winners this time! Please see below for more details. http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/2011/01/210-green-pasture-products-giveaway

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Shiloh Farms is sharing: one reader will win a packing including 5 lbs. of your choice of either Essential Eating sprouted spelt or sprouted whole wheat flour, PLUS a 12 oz. bag of organic maple sugar and Janie Quinn’s book Sprouted Baking (over $65 value!). CLICK HERE TO ENTER (Courtesy of Kitchen Stewardship's blog)

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Just a head's up to a great giveaway. Green Pasture's has products I've been looking into getting for a while now and I just haven't had the extra money to do so. But they're giving away 20 bottles of FCLO so enter below: http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2010/10/22/giveaway-green-pasture-fermented-cod-liver-oil-twenty-winners/

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So my sister and I were over at her house earlier this week making pear cider (I'll post pictures and info on that process when we've tasted the final product) and I happened to have brought the items to make bread pudding. My sister hates bread pudding. I hate bread pudding. However, we both went to Flag Fork Farm's Garden Cafe a while back and they had warm bread pudding with bourbon sauce for

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Okay so I came across this by accident. At first I thought it was a joke and I laughed. Then I looked into this and realized it's not a joke at all. Snap Scouts . . . sounds pretty innocent, right? Take a look at the picture below. According to the website: "Want to earn tons of cool badges and prizes while competing with your friends to see who can be the best American? Download the

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Okay, so here is my promised Time4Learning review. Pros: I have to say that my daughter absolutely loved this program. It was a lot of fun for her with the games and activities. It has several areas for preschoolers such as colors, shapes, numbers but also other things like 'at the farm' where she got to do learning games based on farm items. It also showed her HOW to use the computer, such as

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Hey did you know I was going to talk about pickles today? It was a surprise to me, too, but someone requested that I post my raw pack bread and butter pickle recipe, so I am. And I'm posting other ones, too. Hope you guys like them! BTW, I usually buy my raw apple cider vinegar by the gallon because it is cheaper and I use a lot during pickle season. I purchase Spectrum organic from the

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There is a giveaway for a Real Food Nutrition Course for children! It's an e-course and also includes a workbook. You can sign up for it here: http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/2010/09/giveaway-teach-your-kids-about-real.html If you're part of my Workboxes group, you may remember that I posted a link to the Real Food Nutrition Course a month or two back. (http://www.foodrenegade.com). I

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So I discovered that I'm really not pleased with any of the history curriculum I have tried to date. Either they are too, I hate to say 'fundamental' but that is the word that comes to mind, or they are too secular. We consider ourselves pretty conservative, too conservative if you ask our church, but some things just bother me because they don't make sense. I can't teach things that don't make

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I’ve been invited to try Time4Learning for one month in exchange for a candid review. My opinion will be entirely my own, so be sure to come back and read about my experience. Time4Learning can be used as a homeschool curriculum, for afterschool enrichment and for summer skill sharpening. Find out how to write your own curriculum review for Time4Learning.

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Hi there. I recently saw a request for a list of base oils with properties and I remembered that I had this old chart I typed up for a class I was giving on personal care products. It isn't all-inclusive, but it is a start. I've been meaning to expand it for a while to include some other oils but never got around to it. Perhaps I'll find the time to update it soon or make a 2nd page. Enjoy and

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Okay, so this is definitely not about herbs. But I have been bursting with pride over my daughter and had to share. I have waited for her to be old enough for proper Easter dresses for ages, and I always wanted a daughter to see go to church in her little bonnet and gloves. I know! It sounds horrible. But it's my thing. I love little girls in modest, feminine attire that is just a bit

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Okay so perhaps it's silly to call a computer crash a 'tragedy'. But mine crashed. Both of them actually. That is the reason I haven't posted lately. I'm trying to recover everything from the old hard drive that contained my herb write ups and stuff. Le sigh. But for happier things, I found a wonderful giveaway. My husband and son love braunsweiger and I can only ever find the garbage from the

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Herb Of The Week: Angelica (Angelica Archangelica) Parts Used: Leaves, roots, seeds, stems Properties: Anti-inflammatory, aromatic, culinary, carminative, diaphoretic, digestive, emmenagogue, expectorant, sedative, tonic About: Angelica is a plant rich in lore and traditions dating back far before the Christian world. Angelica’s ‘angelic’ powers were supposed to protect against witches

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Okay, so the holidays are FINALLY over with. Hurray! I have a major love/hate relationship with the holiday season. I'm just glad it's done and I can go back on with regular life. I am still putting together information for a regular blog post, but until then, I thought I'd put up a link to a new site I found, particularly an article, and my own response to it. Hopefully it will prove educational

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I'm going to take a break from the usual things to talk about values for a moment. I wanted to share with you all (who actually read this) a few ideas about cosmetics and the morality issues surrounding them. I expect that someone will throw virtual rocks at me after this and the rest will roll their eyes. There may be a tiny flame ignited in someone's soul from my words, though, so I'll say this

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Herb of the Week: Aloe (Aloe Spp.)                        Parts Used: Leaves (fresh sap) Properties: Adaptogenic, anti-bacterial, anti-biotic, anti-helmintic, anti-microbial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, astringent, anti-ulcer, culinary, demulcent, emollient, emmenagogue, mucilaginous, purgative, vulnerary About:  Aloe has been known as a medicinal plant for thousands of years across the

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So here is the start of a promised series: how to make your own personal care products. I have some 'boring' but necessary things to get out of the way first, and then straight to it. Making your own products is fun and to me, essential. Most items now on the shelf are made in foreign countries with toxic ingredients. Toothpaste in itself is already toxic, but do we really have to add melamine

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I have a very rebellious, headstrong child to homeschool. My son's attention wanders and flits like a butterfly from thing to thing. He has problems sitting still and doing his lessons. He can take up to 3 hours to complete one lesson. He often mouths off to me or his father and often treats his little sister like a plague. Does any of this sound familiar? Through hard work, struggles, and

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I'm going to be starting a new column here soon about making your own personal care products and household cleaners. Please look for the first post within a few days. Thanks!

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Herb of the Week: Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa) Parts Used: Above ground portions of the plant Properties: Alterative, anti-pyretic, anti-thrombotic, anti-spasmodic (smooth muscles), culinary, diuretic, hypocholesterolemic, hypoglycemic, nutritive, stomachic, thermogenic, tonic About: When most people think of Alfalfa, they think of either animal feed or Alfalfa sprouts depending on where

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Herb Of The Week: Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria)                                                              (photo from Wikipedia) Parts Used: Above ground plant parts, usually in dried form Properties: Astringent, anti-septic, anti-parasitic, diuretic, haemostatic About: Agrimony is probably best known for it’s throat soothing properties. Performers gargle with it to clear their throats,

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Herb Of The Week: Acacia Part used:  all (flowers, bark, leaves, pods, stems, roots, etc) Properties: anti-bacterial, anti-biotic, anti-catarrhal, anti-fungal, anti-helmintic, anti-inflammatory, anti-malarial, anti-microbial, astringent, haemostatic, mucilaginous (roots and sap gum a.k.a. gum arabic), sedative (leaves and flowers) About: Acacia is good for people with stomach ulcers,

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Hello out there! This is my first post here and I just wanted to talk a little about myself and what this blog will be all about. I'm Mrs. Yoder, a 28 year old mother of two R.O.U's named Joshua and Kathryne. We homeschool, and let me tell you, that's so much fun with an 8 year old and a 3 year old. Especially considering they are both Leos. ::shuddercrywail:: Anyway, I'm an herbalist who

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