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Homemade Cultured Butter
Today I want to talk about butter. As someone with a mild intolerance to lactose I am very grateful that butter was not something I had to restrict or limit in my regular diet. No pie crust or butter cream … Continue reading
Blackberry Basil Jam Recipe
I’m starting to wonder if I should’ve named this blog “breezy canned what now”! But I love preserving! And I feel no shame about it! So if you do too, hunker down and check this out. Our yard is flanked … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged blackberry, canning. preserving, create, diy, Food, fruit, garden, homemade, jam, Nature, Recipe
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Broody Call: Some Hens Will do Anything for a Little Nesting.
Attila the Hen went broody! It was mid-June and my number one layer decided her talents would be better dedicated to incubating chicks then laying eggs! Ok. What’s a broody hen? A broody hen is a hen who has got … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged animals, back yard chickens, Chickens, diy, handmade, health, pets
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Fireweed Jelly Recipe
Well we’re heading into the season of preserving. Of trying any which way to hang on to the delicate, limited flavor of a summer harvest. If you’ve followed this blog you will already know I am a fan of jams … Continue reading
How to Manage a Maggot Infestation in a Very Much Alive Dog
Over the last couple weeks I have had my share of learning experiences. The kind that are learned by doing. By scrambling to figure it out in the heat of the moment. By putting aside anxieties, stresses, tolerances and stepping … Continue reading
Wood Burning Mom’s Wooden Spoons
Happy Mothers Day to all the mommas out there! Whether you grew a human inside you, have taken on one that someone else grew or maybe you’re like me, and only have babies of the fur and feather variety, this … Continue reading
How to Make a Ginger Bug for Traditional Sodas
Can you believe that tomorrow is May? May! The fifth month of 2017. That is one month away from halfway! I sometimes have to take a minute, have a breath, and swallow the anxiety that the year is passing right … Continue reading
The Chicken or The Easter Egg
Good Easter morning! If you celebrate that sort of thing. If not, Good regular morning! I hope you have a full mug of coffee (or tea!) and a comfortable place to cozy up in. I hope that this Sunday finds … Continue reading
Not Your Grandma’s Sourdough
Hello readers! Here I am again, putting pen to …..uh… well making words you can read! If you read my last post you know that I was finding dilemmas about posting here but I am resolved to make this a … Continue reading
Hello Strangers
Hello Strangers! It’s been a near impossible thing for me to be regular on this blog! I’ve been thinking a lot about that lately. Seeing as my last post was months ago and the one before that, quite some time … Continue reading
Posted in Create
Tagged british columbia, create, diy, mason bee, Nature, snow, Wildlife, winter
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