Home Systems

Herbalism and The Great Forgetting

by Matilde Magro Ever think that you might have a…

Getting Ready for Lambing

Lambing indoors is easier to deal with emergencies quickly. It also protects the newborn lambs from foxes.

The Medicine of Making Your Own Cosmetics

I make big quantities of it because it’s really the most miraculous cream ever, and it really helps with both oily or dry skin to level out the essential oils of the skin itself. It’s also great for marks and a natural sunscreen.

Musings on pandemics, food sovereignty and everyday life

What are the real costs of our current food system? How do we find food sovereignty?

How to make Sauerkraut: the Gateway to Home Ferments

All you need is cabbage, salt, and to remember a few important details

Cracking the underwear code: make your own underwear

Take another step towards autonomy as you make your own underwear.

Creativity and Parenting

How to reconcile creativity and parenting

How to make gazpacho from homegrown tomatoes

By HeatherJo Flores Gazpacho is often called a “cold soup”…

Growing Food and Medicine: The Good, The Bad and The Heartbreak

Some hard truths about growing food and medicine.

How to Make Kombucha

Here's what you need to know about how to make kombucha.

Review: Life Design Card Deck By Lisa Mcloughlin

Do you need some help organizing your life? Here is my life design card deck review.

Increase vitality, joy and love

Increase vitality through connection with common weeds, examine your attitude to nettle and dandelion to bring you back to life.

Bringing Nature Inside

Some ideas for improving access to nature connection if you, or someone you are close to, has an illness or disability meaning they find it difficult to be outdoors and need to bring nature inside.

Beauty Tips for Women Who Garden

What is beauty? Here are some beauty tips for gardeners.

Finding Home

Microclimate, finding home & a sense of place

Eat With The Seasons: basics of food preservation

Harvest time blesses with abundance, a good time to know the basics of food preservation.

Homemade Cleaning Products

Create your own homemade cleaning products.

DIY Herbal Skin Care

Home herbal skin care recipes

For the Love of Fermentation: basics of fermentation

Here's some recipes to help you get started with the basics of fermentation.

Herbal Elixirs and Infusions

Need any recipes for medicinal herbs? Herbal elixirs involve steeping medicinal herbs in honey or, maple syrup, sometimes combining them with brandy or other alcohol, or fermenting them, such as medicinal meads.