• FAMILY BLOG

    IS IT A WEED, GUM, OR BOTH?

    My story begins when I was about 11 years of age. One winter I struggled with pneumonia and was then hospitalized for treatment. The following year it returned leaving me again with the…

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    AUTUMN GARDEN SALSA

    September 20, 2021 If I learned one thing: homemade salsa is so much better than any kind you can find in a store. The best salsa is made with fresh ingredients. This recipe…

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    WHAT IS IN OUR HEALING GARDEN

    Time to build some gardens! Everything we grow is for either dietary or medicinal. Here is our complete “starter” list of plants we are growing in our backyard. Perennial gardens are low maintenance…

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    WINTER SOWING

    Last year I was introduced to winter sowing from a good friend who showed how she was starting her seeds in milk jugs making little tiny greenhouses from them. I was intrigued by…

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    BUILDING SOIL

    Have you ever gone to the canyon to pick wild fruit or berries? Have you ever noticed there are no weeds and no one is watering these plants yet they grow and produce…