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What the Founding Fathers Would Want You to Know.
It is appalling that something as essential to our liberty as our 2nd amendment is under attack. The Bill of Rights is not something that is up for debate but The Obama Regime doesn’t see it this way....
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Why We Don’t Have to be Sheep: Motivation for Self-Sufficiency
Testing…Testing…1, 2, 3…Are you awake? Let’s find out: Have you heard of Executive Order 10998? It authorizes the government to take over all farms and food resources if they deem it an emergency. Have...
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The First Day of Hair Detox: No Shampoo!
Today is my first day washing my hair without shampoo. I’ve been inspired. After reading my friend Megan’s blog post about her one year anniversary going shampoo free and loving in, things have...
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Portland’s Fight for Fluoride-Free Water
Last September, the Portland city council voted 5-0 approving fluoridation of Portland’s Bull Run water supply after a 7-hour hearing from resident’s on both sides of the aisle. As you can imagine, the...
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Homemade Charcoal & Coconut Oil Eyeliner
I’ve been using activated charcoal as a natural teeth-whitener (inspired by Mommypotamus’ guest post at The Healthy Home Economist Blog) and it got me thinking about what else I could use the charcoal...
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Day 8 No Shampoo!
I’m seriously having the best luck with this! My hair is starting to come out of the cotton-ball spider web, straw/hay stage. I haven’t attempted a full brush yet however. I hope I don’t start forming...
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Day 23 No Shampoo!
Hair lookin’ good, eh? I’ve stopped using Apple Cider Vinegar for the time being. I started to think it was making my hair harder to brush. My hair feels more manageable when I don’t use it which is...
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Homemade Sprouted Whole Wheat Tortillas Made with Lard
Do you know what I love? I love that moment when you figure out how to make something you thought you could only purchase from the store! …and it’s BETTER than anything the store could ever sell! Oh...
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Homemade Cinnamon and Wild Orange Lip Plumper!
Hello Natural Beauties! Would you like to attain luscious and naturally voluptuous lips without the harsh chemicals that store-bought plumpers contain? Look no further! I have created a...
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How To Ditch Your Shampoo For Good!
Now that I have officially gone 54 days without using shampoo I feel like I am qualified to tell you *how * to do it. Do you live in a city with soft water? This is a biggie for going shampoo free...
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Potato sausages are making my heart sing.
As we speak I am cooking up some potato sausages that I actually had to cut apart from eachother. Real, honest to goodness, homemade sausages cased in real intestine! They are steaming on my stove...
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How to Make Whey and Cream Cheese the Old Fashioned Way
Whey. The Old Fashioned Whey! Get it?? I’m a sucker for a play on words You can use whey in soaking beans and grains. You can also use whey as the starter culture to lacto-ferment foods such as...
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R.I.P. Chard and Green Beans
Last night a tragedy occurred at the Scott household. I went to get green beans from the crisper drawer to steam them up as a side to our buttermilk fried chicken, opened the bag, and they were all...
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Happy Anniversary, Scwumps!!!
To my Scwumps (or scwumpies, snuggs, love, swamps, or squants, thanks to autocorrect): As we scrambled around this morning, chugging coffee, searching for clean underwear, and frantically trying to...
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Homemade Coconut and Olive Oil Mayonnaise
Mayo. It’s gonna get you sooner or later. You’re going to have a real food recipe that require mayonnaise and then desperately seek out any and all mayonnaise at the store without canola, safflower,...
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Summer Cherry Slaw!
Ahhhhh summer is just about here….I can taste it! Literally! The cherries at the store the other day were absolutely DELICIOUS. So, I’m gonna be totally honest here. I totally stole this idea from...
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Easy Beet Kvass Tonic For Your Health!
Ah, delicious Beet Kvass. The wine look-alike I enjoy pouring into a wine glass at 7 a.m. to freak my husband out. “Really, love!? You’re drinking wine already??” Baha! You’re welcome for that idea....
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Community Gardening In All It’s Fabulousness!
The walk down to the garden. I love this path. And I love the lush, green Pacific Northwest! When I saw the before picture the first time I walked up to my garden plot I was like “OOOOH NOOO YOU...
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Roasted Chicken– Julia Child Style!
This recipe is dedicated to my husband because…it’s his. And I stole it A few years ago I bought Jeremiah Mastering the Art of French Cooking. He ate it up….pun intended!! Let’s just say it would be...
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All-Natural Pest Repellant and Anti-Fungal Garden Spray
Baking Soda + Oil + Soap + Onion Juice + Cayenne = Fungus and hungry pests worst nightmare! I have a couple issues in my garden. Mainly, this: And this: I’ve been researching trying to figure out how...
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