Stove in a Can is a neat, new all-in-one cooking platform that’s a prefect portable stove for either recreation or emergencies. Everything you need to cook a meal or provide a heat source is in one 1/2 gallon can. Here’s what you get: The stove 4 fuel cells A fuel ring A cooking ring Here […]
Nifty Survival Business Card Tool for Safety
Joe of Survival Life is offering this tool and I thought it was pretty neat. It’s a nifty little gadget that has 11 different tools in one. It’s flat and is the size of a credit card, so you can easily slide it into your wallet. It’s amazing the different situations you can find yourself […]
50+ All-Natural, Non-Toxic Cleaning Recipes for the Home
Did you ever try to make a DIY soap or cleaner from an online recipe and it just didn’t clean as well as you expected? I know I have. I’ve found something that will help. This is quality collection of natural cleaning recipes and tips by someone who has been creating and sharing recipes for […]
DIY Organic Beauty Recipes Book
I have been reading Heather’s articles about DIY beauty and health remedies on the Mommypotmus.com website for years. I admired the depth of her research and the quality of her writing. So I was thrilled when she published the DIY Organic Beauty Recipes Book. It’s a wonderful collection of healthy natural beauty recipes that are […]
FREE Seed Catalog List for 2015 – 55 Different Free Seed Catalogs!
One of the highlights of each winter for me, is the release by the Herb Gardener of the FREE Seed Catalog list. It’s a list of mail order retailers who provide free seed catalogs for herb, vegetable and flower lovers. You can order print catalogs that are mailed to your home. Some of the catalogs […]
How to Make a Thyme and Lavender Herbal Cream for Arthritis and Muscle Spasms[Video]
Thyme has antiseptic and antispasmodic properties. It’s used in herbal remedies for gout, arthritis, rheumatism and many other conditions. Because of the antispasmodic property, it’s been used by herbalists to treat muscle spasms, muscle aches and cramps. Just a few of the properties of Lavender oil are: analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic. It blends well with […]
The 55 Best Herbal Remedies
This is a fantastic article that discusses the 55 best herbal remedies. The goal was to show some of the research studies that provide clinical data that confirm herbs are effective treatments for many ailments. Some herbs have multiple entries because they treat many different ailments and have different supporting research studies. For example, Ginseng […]
How to Make Cultured & Sweet Cream Butter
I read this article about butter-making on the Prairie Homestead. I selected it because Jill obviously knows her way around the butter churn 🙂 . It’s a very thorough and well-written article. As you’d expect, sweet cream butter is butter made from sweet cream. Cultured butter is made from cream that has been allowed to […]
The Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle – Amazing Value
Rewind back to January of 2014 — you likely made plans back then for yourself. You perhaps even took up some new year’s resolutions. You likely vowed to improve and transform yourself… to be in better health, to be in better shape, to live a longer life. Fast-forward back to the present and tell […]
How to Make Easy, DIY Hair Rinses with Essential Oils
Using shampoo and other products can leave various residues on your hair. In this article, Katie shares a natural, homemade hair rinse that cut down on the build-up of residues. One key ingredient in her recipes balances the natural pH of the hair. It also cleans and conditions the hair. Katie also provides a substitution […]
How to Make Homemade Christmas Bath Bombs
I like bath bombs because they help you to create a spa treatment at home. Warm to hot bath water, the fizzing bath bomb, the scent of essential oils, and other moisturizing oil, all combine to relax and soothe your tired, aching body. These bath bombs or fizzies are scented with a Christmas blend of […]
How to Make Hyssop Oxymel to Fight Colds, Flu and Bronchitis
Hyssop has been used i nhealing remedies for centuries It’s a warming herb. Rosalee explains how this is helpful with a variety of ailments. It’s ideal for treating coughs, and mucus congestion. One of hyssop’s effects is to act as an expectorant. It’s also used to treat sinus infections. Rosalee shares a centuries-old hyssop oxymel […]