Author: Alexandria
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Traditional vs. home birth midwife prenatal care
after a not so great birth, and traumatic hospital stay and postpartum with our first, I wasn’t sure I wanted more kids. After I got more in depth in the holistic lifestyle, we decided on a home birth when we had our next child. I did lots of research, and we decided that was the…
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Tips for raising meat chickens
although it was our first year raising meat chickens, we learned a lot from the experience. Here are some tips to help make the process easier. buy enough chicks to make it worth your time. You’re already doing all the work, so you might as well get enough chicks for you for the year, and…
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Life after ditching our microwave
most anyone that is into natural living has heard that microwaves aren’t the best, or safest, way to reheat your food. I’ve read many different articles about the harmful radiation, decreasing the nutrients in your food, etc. I had been reading these things for a few months before we decided to ditch the microwave. we…
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how to make fermented sauerkraut
my family has been making their own sauerkraut for many years. It is a fairly easy process, and can be water bath canned to be shelf stable. we always use cabbage that we grow in our garden, but you could use store bought. If you grow it in your garden, you want to plant the…
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why we switched to raw milk
I was on my health journey for well over a year before we made the jump to raw milk. After a lot of research, we decided that it was right for our family. I was the type of kid who would put just enough milk in my cereal so that it was wet, and I…
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raising egg laying chickens
we’ve had egg laying chickens for about 8 years now, and they are one of the easiest animals to care for. over the past 8 years we’ve also lost of a lot of chickens to predators like fox and raccoons. Luckily we have a treeing walker coonhound that does a great job at protecting them,…
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non-toxic cleaning products
in the last three years, I have tried many different low-tox or non-toxic cleaning products for our home. I grew up with my mom cleaning houses for her job, and our house was always spotless. I mean we weren’t aloud to have anything on our floor, and our beds were always made as kids and…
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cast iron cooking + care
cast iron can be intimidating if you have never used it before. Once you learn the correct way to cook on and care for your cast iron, you’ll want to cook everything in it! our favorite cast iron pan is this lodge one. It comes seasoned, so once you get it, you’re ready to cook.…
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my favorite cleaner personal care products
Swapping out your personal care products can be tough after using the same well known products for so long. The problem is that most of the products you are using, are likely filled with endocrine disruptors, and lots of other junk that just isn’t good for your health. my best advice is to swap things…