Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

The Homestead’s Own Immunity Booster Tea

Posted in Food & Beverage, Health, Household, tagged , , , on January 6, 2017 | Leave a Comment »

This winter one addition to our farm store is our very own Immunity Booster tea blend. This tea is a caffeine-free blend of herbs that strengthens your immune system and helps you stay healthy during cold and flu season. The tea is packaged in a glass mason jar, making a beautiful gift. The jar is also […]

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Farm Store Open This Saturday 12/17 for Holiday Shopping

Posted in Farm, Food & Beverage, Health, Uncategorized, tagged , on December 13, 2016 | Leave a Comment »

The farm store will be open this Saturday, December 17th, from 12-4pm so you can shop local and get great gifts for the holidays! Address and directions are here. We have many items available that would make great gifts, including several new offerings! Here are a few great gifts: Immunity Booster Tea: Handmade by us with […]

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How to Make Milk Kefir

Posted in Food & Beverage, Health, tagged , , on August 2, 2016 | Leave a Comment »

A major part of homestead life is eating nutritiously, and for us that includes drinking kefir! For the month of August, we’re offering a free kombucha SCOBY or milk kefir grains with any purchase. Processing milk into kefir increases its nutritive qualities. If you’re new to milk kefir, you can use it wherever you use […]

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How to Brew Kombucha

Posted in Food & Beverage, Health, tagged , on August 2, 2016 | Leave a Comment »

A major part of homestead life is eating nutritiously, and for us that includes drinking kombucha! For the month of August, we’re offering a free kombucha SCOBY or milk kefir grains with any purchase. To that end, here’s our kombucha recipe: You Will Need: -Kombucha SCOBY in starter tea (1 cup total) -10 Teabags -1 […]

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Welcome!

Posted in Animals, Farm, Food & Beverage, Health, tagged on February 5, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

Helping The Homesteading Community Homesteading can be tough, and we’re here to help others succeed. We maintain a blog here to contribute to the collective homesteading knowledge available. We have taken a step back from our own homesteading, and are not adding to the website much at this time.

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Leesburg’s “Skip Sugar Day” – Free Screening of ‘Fed Up’ and Farmers Market!

Posted in Farm, Health, tagged , , , , on January 24, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

Mark your calendars for February 4th, at 5:30pm in Leesburg at the Ida Lee Recreation Center! The Food For Thought Initiative for Loudoun County is hosting an event to celebrate Leesburg’s “Skip Sugar Day”. There will be a screening of the documentary film ‘Fed Up’, preceded by a farmers market where we will be having […]

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Cage Free, Humanely Raised, Think Again!

Posted in Food & Beverage, Health, Meat Chickens, tagged , , , on December 5, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

If you buy a Perdue chicken in the grocery store, you might think it had lived a comfortable avian middle-class existence. “Doing the right thing is things like treating your chickens humanely,” Jim Perdue, the company’s chairman, says in a promotional video. The company’s labels carry a seal of approval from the Department of Agriculture […]

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Book Review: The Non-Toxic Avenger by Deanna Duke

Posted in Health, Household, Reviews, tagged , , , on August 14, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Recently I read The Non-Toxic Avenger by Deanna Duke. I first stumbled upon Duke’s blog a couple of years ago, and found some useful takeaways from her writing. Therefore, I was looking forward to reading her book. While poorly edited and containing many irrelevant asides, the book would be helpful for those curious about the […]

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Eggs are a superfood!

Posted in Food & Beverage, Health, Layers, tagged , , , , on August 6, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Today I stumbled upon this article, which summarizes the results of numerous studies highlighting the health benefits of eating eggs. The author highlights how egg consumption has not been shown to increase cholesterol in most people, and how no research shows egg consumption links to heart disease. In fact, eggs contain many wonderful nutrients: B vitamins, […]

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