Well, that didn’t take long, now did it? The last time (just last week!) we covered our quest to raise our own dairy animals for fresh, raw milk, we had but one dwarf goat — a sweet, shy little thing who really had no chance of providing milk for us as she’s not pregnant, and…
The Heartless Homemade Fly Trap
If there’s anything I can’t stand more than mosquitoes, it’s those big, fat, filthy, revolting house flies. When they land on me with their nasty, hairy legs that have touched — ohh, Lord… I don’t even want to THINK about what they’ve touched — and look at me with their giant, dumb eyes, it seriously…
I’m Growing ‘Shrooms… for Kombucha
Now, I don’t think you can rightfully call yourself a “Hippie” unless you are a consumer of the marvelously weird (and healthy) superdrink — kombucha. Seriously. Do you know any crunchy people who don’t drink this crazy concoction? There are plenty of good reasons for why they (we? you?) all do. Or at least should….
What I’ve Learned Wednesday: Links From Real Food Blogland 8/10/11
One of the things I like most about being a Real Food-er is (virtually) meeting all the amazing people who make up this worldwide community of crunchy food fanatics. Many of them can be found blogging about their traditional-fooding lives, and most of them have been doing both of those things a lot longer than…
Meet Our Little Dairy Dwarf, Goatie
This post is so overdue! But, I wanted to write up my stance on REAL milk (versus that nasty crap you find in the store), and the reason we need a dairy animal in the first place before I introduced everyone to sweet little Goatie. Isn’t she precious? This is our Nigerian dwarf goat we…
The Ultimate Natural Bug Bite Cure
You know how some people just never seem to get bitten by mosquitoes? Do you HATE those people?? Then you, my friend, are probably a fellow sweet-blooded skeeter-magnet like me. I get it bad. Like, can’t-walk-from-my-car-to-inside-the-house-without-half-a-dozen-bites bad. I’m completely serious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7bAQzvg6WQ Yeah, that? Is me. And those suckers leave maaad marks on my…
What’s In My Milk? Part Three: War
Given the striking differences between commercial milk you’ll find in the grocery store, and real, fresh milk which comes from a farm, the healthy choice between the two is obvious. We want to avoid processed dairy, which is filled with pus, antibiotics, and other chemicals — and instead choose raw milk teeming with all those…
What I’ve Learned Wednesday: Links from Real Food Blogland
One of the things I like most about being a Real Food-er is discovering all the amazing people who make up this worldwide community of crunchy food fanatics. Many of them can be found blogging about their traditional-fooding lives, and most of them have been doing both of those things a lot longer than…
Real Food Makeup! A Truly Natural Blush
It doesn’t get any realer than this, my friends. This weekend’s Hack is one that I’ve honestly never heard of before — in fact I just stumbled upon doing it myself by accident! One morning, while preparing a delicious bowl of homemade yogurt, I reached into my freezer for some frozen organic raspberries to put…
My Beef with the EWG’s Meat Eater’s Guide
The Environmental Working Group wants you to eat less meat. Why? To save the planet, of course! The EWG believes that meat production leads to some major environmental health issues, such as water and soil pollution, greenhouse gases, and a hefty carbon footprint. Their new Meat Eater’s Guide to Climate Change and Health says…