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Make Echinacea Tincture / Benefits & How To Use / Herbal Remedies

How to make an Echinacea Tincture, the healing benefits, how to use and how to test the potency of your echinacea plant. Echinacea Flower Tincture Recipe 130g / 4.6oz Fresh Echinacea Purpurea Flowers or Echinacea Angustifolia (or 65g / 2.3oz Dried Flowers) 250ml / 8.45 Fluid oz Alcohol 40% Al Vol (I use Vodka. Gin or Tequila also work) Cut Herbs up finely add all ingredient to jar making sure herbs are well covered, use a weight if needed place lid on, label and shake daily f

3 Herbal Bath Remedies From The Garden

These 3 Herbal Bath Remedies will help you to Relax, Uplift or Heal, using Healing Herbs from the garden and ingredients from the homestead pantry. BATH RECIPES using dried plant matter, double for fresh plants RELAX Herbal Bath Remedy Recipe 1.5 Cups Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate) 3 Tablespoons Rose Petals 3 Tablespoons Lavender Flowers 3 Tablespoons Rosemary Leaves & Flowers 3 Tablespoons Lemon Peel 1 Tablespoon Rose Petal Powder Add 3/4 to 1 Cup Relax To Bath with 1.5 Tab

Creating An Apothecary From The Garden / Homesteading / Herbal Medicine Herbs

Creating An Apothecary From The Garden / Homesteading / Herbal Medicine Herbs Creating A Practical Apothecary For Your Homestead / Homesteading and Healing with a Herbal Medicine Cupboard. Why Have An Apothecary? Why Grow Herbs For Medicine? Buying Herbs For Your Apothecary and Foraging For Medicinal Herbs Tips. When and How To Harvest Medicinal Herbs? Preserving Medicinal Herbs - Ways to dry your herbs. Apothecary Labels Storing Herbs For Healing My Apothecary Cupboard Tour

Mid Spring Homesteading / Seasons Homestead Blog / Transplanting Vegetable Seedlings & Euroa Floods

Mid Spring Homesteading / Seasons On The Homestead Blog / Transplanting Vegetable Seedlings & Euroa Floods 2022 SHOP Amazon For Elissa's Favourites Visit Our Website Shop To See All My Recommended Products https://www.elissajayne.com/shop US, UK, CANADA AMAZON Presto Pressure Canner 23 Quart https://amzn.to/3U87SzO ForJars Canning Lids 100 Regular Mouth https://amzn.to/3DrMyPM ForJars Canning Lids 100 Wide Mouth https://amzn.to/3Dntsdy AUSTRALIA AMAZON Presto Pressure Canne

Harvest Garlic Scapes / Quick Pickled Garlic Scapes

Harvest Garlic Scapes / Quick Pickled Garlic Scapes Picking & Preserve Garlic Scapes in Vinegar / Pickled Scapes Steralized Canning Jars (I am using a pint jar) 250g Garlic Scapes includes stems per Pint Jar 1/2 Cup White Wine Vinegar 1 Tablespoon Raw Honey 1/2 Teaspoon Sea Salt 1/2 Cup Filtered Water Chop stems and scapes add all ingredients to a saucepan On medium heat bring mixture to boil Stir to dissolve Salt and Honey Once it starts to boil, cover with lid and turn down

Make Pain Relief Salve / DIY Herbal Salve Cayenne & Basil Recipe

Make Pain Relief Salve / DIY Herbal Salve Cayenne & Basil Recipe How to make COLD INFUSED CAYENNE OIL 2 Tablespoons Dried Cayenne Powder ¾ Cup of Olive Oil or Grapeseed Oil Add ingredients to a sterilized Jar, place lid on, shake well daily for a few weeks, then once a week until 6 weeks. Strain the oil using a coffee filter over a fine strainer on a mug GATHER YOUR SUPPLIES Heavy based saucepan Clean storage containers with lids off Cutting board Plastic jug (or heat proof j

Gardening Information Tips for Growing Food and Medicine

This helpful Gardening Information will help you to grow food and medicine in the Homesteading garden. From soil health to veggies, fruit & medicinal plants and when to prune and why. I use this gardening information all the time and so I wanted to share it with you, to help your homestead soil, food harvests and medicine plants too. Happy Homesteading Friends Elissa Jayne Moat Cottage Homesteading www.elissajayne.com Visit The Website Shop To See All My Recommended Products

Slow Living Start to Spring Homestead / Seasons Early Spring / Moat Cottage Homesteading

Slow Living Start to Spring Homestead / Seasons Early Spring / Moat Cottage Homesteading JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE SOUP 2 diced Onions 1 Tablespoon Butter 1kg Jerusalem Artichokes washed and chopped 2 cups of white Wine 2 Litres of Chicken or Veggie Broth ½ teaspoon dried Chilli Powder Salt and Ground Pepper Chives and Sour Cream to serve Onions browned on skillet in Butter Add All Ingredients except Chives and Sour Cream to a large Pot Cook on Medium Low until Artichokes are tend

How To Make Tinctures 101 / Wound Healing Tincture Spray / Herbal Medicine From The Garden

If you are interested in being more self reliant when it comes to healing your family, making tinctures with herbs from your own garden is easier than you may think. If you have questions like: What is a tincture? Why would you use a tincture? How do you harvest herbs for herbal medicine? When do you harvest herbs for medicinal purposes? Where do you get herbs? How to make a tincture? How to use a tincture? How long can you brew a tincture? How long does a tincture last? I co

Getting The Small Homestead Ready For Spring / Seasons End Of Winter / Food Gardening & Harvesting

Getting the small homestead garden ready for Spring / Seasons End Of Winter / Food Gardening & Harvesting It’s the very end of Winter and it’s starting to get exciting. The sun came out and It is time to sow vegetable and herb seeds, plant fruit trees in the ground, transplant fruit trees into pots, set up the fish pond, re-pot tomato seedlings, harvest Winter veggies, weed the veggie garden around vegetables and hang the last gate..... I am loving the warm sunshine on my ski

No More Mud! - I AM SO READY FOR SPRING / Homesteading Seasons Vlog Late Winter

No More Mud! - I AM SO READY FOR SPRING / Homesteading Seasons Vlog Late Winter / Homesteaders Blog It has been the wettest Winter here that I can remember and I still can't get straw for the deep litter poultry system, which means we are up to our ankles in mud or maybe it’s actually poop.... Thankfully one half of the garden is not so bad, which is good for the ducks and chickens to spend their days and I have expensive Lucerne for their bedding and nesting area, so they ar

Jerusalem Artichokes / Grow Harvest and Roast Sunchokes

Growing Jerusalem Artichokes How to Grow, Harvest and Roast Sunchokes. I also discuss storage of Jerusalem Artichokes, show you the plants through out all seasons and tell you different ways to preserve, cook and eat them. Jerusalem artichokes are not true artichokes, they are actually part of the sunflower family and are often called Sunckokes, which makes more sense. They are an abundant crop to grow and are perfect for the beginner gardener, just don't grow them in the veg

Weathering The Storm - Improve The Homestead / Seasons Mid Winter Homesteading / Slow Living Blog

A Winter day homesteading harvest, homestead project’s & weathering the storm by improving the homestead / Seasons Blog Mid Winter for homesteaders. Do you feel like there is a lot of noise and fear in the world right now? Take some time out from the noise, be quiet and take steps to make your life better. Fix the ugly, do something to make your life easier and grow some food.....this is just another storm in history and how we manage it, will make the difference in how the f

STORING YOUR PRESTO PRESSURE CANNER

How to store your Presto Pressure Canner, storing canning supplies, pressure dial gauge care, the best storage conditions for home canned food and managing empty jars. Home canners information How to get good canning lids in Australia? You can purchase the ForJar lids on Amazon ForJars Canning Lids 100 Regular Mouth https://amzn.to/3uXCk4u ForJars Canning Lids 50 Wide Mouth https://amzn.to/3ofja6u Happy Homesteading Friends Elissa Jayne Moat Cottage Homesteading www.elissajay

Homesteading Seasons Winter / Slow Cook Garlic Bread, Glass House & New Ideas / Slow Living

Homesteading Seasons in Winter, Slow Cook Garlic Bread, Glass House Maintenance & New Ideas / Season Winter / Slow Living Old Fashioned Homestead SLOW COOK GARLIC BREAD RECIPE 1 1/3 Cups warm water 1 Tablespoons active dry yeast 2 Tablespoons Honey 3 1/2 Cups plain (all purpose) Flour (plus extra for rolling out dough) 1 teaspoon fine salt GARLIC FILLING SPREAD 300g Cream Cheese 1/3 Cup Parmesan or Tasty Cheese 2 to 4 Cloves of Strong garlic (to your taste) Bunch finely chopp

How To DEHYDRATE WATERMELON / Dehydrated Melon / Using A Dehydrator

How to dehydrate Watermelon using a dehydrator. Dehydrated Watermelon is a lovely way to preserve the extra fruit when you have excess watermelon, a good harvest or are lucky enough to be gifted a whole melon. Cut the pink of the watermelon 1/2 x 1/2 x 2 1/2 to 3 inches, uniform pieces Remove all black seeds and as many white seeds as you can Place pieces of fruit on the trays leaving space between the slices for good air circulation in the dehydrator Dehydrate at 52C 135F fo

Homesteading Life In Winter / Seasons Early Winter / Slow Living Australian Homesteader

Homesteading Life In Winter / Seasons Early Winter / Slow Living Australian Homesteader 00:00 Winter is here 00:24 Dehydrate Onion 01:08 Flu & Colds on homestead 01:47 Quince Paste 03:34 Harvesting Winter Days Food 04:55 Using Turnip Greens 05:52 Feeding Muscovy Ducks & Chickens 06:36 Storing & Roasting Turnips 07:50 Muddy Winter & Straw 08:15 Treating A Wart with Essential Oils 09:56 Slow Living / No Winter Celebrations 10:37 Eating from the Larder Pantry Happy Homesteading

Homesteaders Last Preparations For Winter / Backyard Homesteading / Seasons End Of Autumn

Prepare the homestead for Winter - Inspiration Vlog to get those last minute preparations done before Winter arrives, all while continuing with my homesteading tasks. Homesteaders Last Preparations For Winter / Backyard Homesteading / Seasons End Of Autumn 00:00 Welcome Back 00:20 Winter Preparations begin 01:03 Transition to inside time with flowers 01:36 Feeding Muscovy Ducks & Chickens greens 01:52 Last Summer Produce Harvest 02:27 Harvesting Pumpkins / Plan B & C 04:02 P

Take Homesteader Action Every Day To Achieve Dreams / Backyard Homesteading / Seasons Late Autumn

If you take a little homesteader action every day, you are planting the seeds, sometimes literally, to achieve your dreams. From a huge, well established 1000 acre homestead to the humble 1/6 of an acre yard of weeds, I wasn't going to let my dream and lifestyle die. Taking small, daily steps towards your goals will eventually achieve your dreams. Just because you aren't on the perfect dream property, are possibly renting or your family don't want the homesteading lifestyle

DEHYDRATE CARROTS Using A Dehydrator / Dehydrating Carrot

How to dehydrate Carrots using a dehydrator. Dehydrating Carrot is a good way to preserve some Carrots for Winter cooking. We can grow and buy Carrots all year round in Australia, so it is not the first dehydrating project on the list, however if you have an abundance of Carrots, including fermented Carrots, then you may want to dehydrate some for later use. DEHYDRATING CARROTS PROCESS Wash Carrots, discard top and slice into 4mm pieces / over 1/8 inch Blanche Sliced or Diced

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