This project is one of the easiest willow basket for beginners to make. It is beginner friendly and uses the tension of the weave to create a strong and durable basket.  Mother’s Day is almost here, gather the children, go out to the hedgerows and gather materials for these easy to make baskets, and craft ... Read More about The Easiest Willow Basket to Make From Foraged Material

The Easiest Willow Basket to Make From Foraged Material

Get in on the amazing skin benefits of tallow, by making your own tallow lotion bars. These firm bars are great for dry skin, mild, and can be customized to your preferences, herbal needs, or allergies. Take advantage of local sources for beef fat, and dried or fresh herbs, to make these as local to ... Read More about How to Make a Tallow Lotion Bar

How to Make a Tallow Lotion Bar

Use this simple guide to render fat into tallow and master this important homestead survival skill. Tallow can be used for soaps, in skin products, for bird feeding, fire starter, and more. Depending on the fat source, this same technique can be used to render lard. Knowing how to render fat into tallow is an ... Read More about How to Make Tallow: The Easy Way

How to Make Tallow: The Easy Way

Make a batch of this beef tallow moisturizer for pamper yourself, or for a gift project. You can get multiple jars out of one batch, so it works great for personal use, and for gifting. This whipped beef tallow body butter is light, and not greasy. It applies easily, and stays malleable at room temperature.  ... Read More about DiY Whipped Beef Tallow Moisturizer

DiY Whipped Beef Tallow Moisturizer

Sugar scrubs are a fun and quick gift to make during the holiday season. Little ones can help measure and mix them, and they can be packaged in sustainable, up-cycled, and beautiful ways. They add a pop of versatility and fun to wellness baskets, and self-care themed gift baskets. This gingerbread sugar scrub is faintly ... Read More about Gingerbread Sugar Scrub for Festive and Quick Gifts

Gingerbread Sugar Scrub for Festive and Quick Gifts

Inspired by shortbread, these gluten free maple cookies are crisp, crumbly, and topped with a delicious whipped maple cream that is the perfect blend of sweet and creamy. Enjoy fulfilling your maple cravings with these delicious cookies, easy enough to get kids involved in the prep, and can be made ahead too.  Maple cookies are ... Read More about Gluten Free Maple Cookies for Holiday Celebrations

Gluten Free Maple Cookies for Holiday Celebrations

Make handcrafted gluten-free biscotti that are crunchy, flavorful and perfect with coffee or tea, an Italian favorite. Crunchy, flavorful, and perfect for dunking is my idea of the perfect biscotti.  But making them gluten-free has its challenges.  After much tweaking and testing and a lot of crumbly failures, this gluten-free biscotti recipe turns out perfectly ... Read More about Easy Gluten-Free Biscotti That’s Perfect for Dunking

Easy Gluten-Free Biscotti That’s Perfect for Dunking

During WW 2 rationing impacted families in Britain, America, and Canada.  But Christmas dinner, in spite of rationing looked pretty much the same as it does today.  Turkey or goose, mash potatoes and gravy, stuffing, cranberry or apple sauce, seasonal vegetables, pumpkin pie, maybe plum pudding or mince meat tarts.  There was less sugar but ... Read More about Frugal Christmas 2025: 10 Real Ways We’re Keeping It Meaningful and Under Budget

Frugal Christmas 2025: 10 Real Ways We’re Keeping It Meaningful and Under Budget

A magnesium based salt bath is a great base to build a DIY salt bath for muscle recovery. While just magnesium on it’s own can be rejuvenating for fatigued and sore muscles, adding some recovery based herbs can bring your bath up to the next level, both in relaxation, scent, and muscle benefits.  Baths are ... Read More about DIY Salt Bath for Muscle Recovery

DIY Salt Bath for Muscle Recovery

Learning about herbs can be overwhelming.  There are many books, videos, blogs, online classes, and magazines devoted to teaching you about herbs.  When there are too many choices it’s hard to decide where to even begin. But, you can learn herbs, one herb at a time, over a month or longer, and slowly build your ... Read More about 8 Easy Ways to Learn Herbs: One Herb at a Time

8 Easy Ways to Learn Herbs: One Herb at a Time

Make your own hawthorn tincture from wild-harvested, and local, fresh haws. Haws, are the fruit of the hawthorn tree, and are often used in herbalism. These fruits are currently ripe, in my region, and are a great addition to the home apothecary.   Another valuable use of hawthorn haws is as hawthorn syrup, this tonic syrup ... Read More about Hawthorn Tincture from Fresh Haws

Hawthorn Tincture from Fresh Haws