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3 Tips with Foraging With Kids

September 7, 2015 By Olga

I’ve been busy canning, preserving, cooking and basically dealing with fruit in rather large quantities. Many of said fruit came from our own backyard and many were eaten raw before I could even think what to do with them, but most of that ended up in jams, cakes, juices and I don’t even know what…

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Filed Under: Frugal & Eco Things, Greenish Thumb Things, Herb Lore Things, The Urban Homestead

Win Three Bags of Organic Loose Leaf Thay Tea! (ends 2/12)

February 6, 2015 By Food Retro

I’ve a lovely friend out London way who’s big on tea. She’s even bigger than me, and that’s saying something. In fact, you may have read Angila’s guest post on my site about the kinds of tea (an Intro to Tea Snobbery). Anyhow, she’s running a giveaway for some very lovely organic thay tea, and I’m helping her…

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Filed Under: Herb Lore Things, SLIDER, The Urban Homestead

Pumpkin Spice Mix (and Why You should Enjoy It)

September 5, 2014 By Food Retro

It used to be that the fall season was heralded by back to school sales, some lovely apples, and the changing of the leaves. Now I know that winter is coming when I see my first Instagram photo of a pumpkin spice latte. Within hours, the internet becomes full of Pumpkin Spice Everything and I’m…

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Filed Under: Herb Lore Things, Homemade Pantry, Kitchen Chemistry, Sauce & Condiments, SLIDER, The Urban Homestead Tagged With: cookies, dairy free, dessert, egg free, gluten free, Health & Home, Kitchen Chemistry, low glycemic, nut free, soy free, vegan, vegetarian

Ginger as Medicine, Bike Wrecks, + Williams-Sonoma Juice Week

August 18, 2014 By Food Retro

This past weekend, I had a massive wipe-out on my bike. Lost my balance starting from a dead stop on a hill, lost control, hit the (square) curb almost square on, very nearly face planted right on the edge. Sorry kiddies, I’d love to make this out to be a PSA about why you should…

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Filed Under: Drinks, Herb Lore Things, Kitchen Chemistry, SLIDER, The Urban Homestead Tagged With: beverage, dairy free, egg free, gluten free, herbalism, kid friendly, Kitchen Chemistry, no refined sugar, nut free, peanut free, The Urban Homestead, vegan, vegetarian

Saffron, Depression, & WooHoo! – Guest Post by @MegSanityPsych

May 9, 2014 By Food Retro

I’ve been thinking about adding more in general herb lore and home remedies on my site, but leave it to Meg to put a boot to my backside. Enjoy the first post of a new series, and please give Meg a lot of love for being a dear and washing her mouth out a little…

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Filed Under: Herb Lore Things, SLIDER, The Urban Homestead Tagged With: gardening, Health & Home, herb lore, The Urban Homestead

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