I do that with the chores I don't like as well.
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My goal today is to keep these two little humans alive and well while mom and dad are at the hospital bringing number three into the world.
About 2 years ago, Norm and Aleska bought as much land as they could afford and moved from Indiana to Tennessee. The family lives off-grid in a trailer until they can build their own home.
Norm, handy and hard-working, struggles to find a good paying, reliable job. But here they are, doing their best.
I admire their determination.
No family nearby, they asked us if we could watch the boys during labor and delivery.
Of course! It is the least we can do.
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Had not heard of DMSO. Looked it up. Interesting.
We use Life-force Combo-2
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Use as needed. If you consume too much you turn blue. Literally.
Front and back of the bottle for reference. What it is. What it does.
I assembled a first-aid kit of home remedies for my adult children to keep in their homes.
Included is a spray bottle of Colloidal Silver. On it I list the benefits and uses.
Amazing!
We reach for our Colloidal Silver often on the farm. Animal has an open wound - spray CS on it. We spray it on our nose and eyes if we have been around sick people. A few squirts in my mouth if I feel a tickle in the back of my throat. So versatile.
Something to look into if you want to develop a more natural medicine cabinet.
#grownostr
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We bought an old-school percolator for volume and strength of brew.
We milk at 6:30am and 6pm. My husband and I together. That commitment scared me at first, but it is now the rhythm of our day. There is some flexibility, but when you demand that much of the cow you can't skip a milking.
Listening to Christmas music and assembling homemade gifts.
Eucalyptus Chest Rub (made with Mullein) for coughs and colds.
Comfrey Salve for pain and healing.
Peppermint Sugar Scrub for energized exfoliation in the shower.
#grownostr #Christmas
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We milk twice a day. 4-5 gallons each day. Morning milk went straight to pigs - this cut their food bill in half. Afternoon milk (2 is gallons) we would refrigerate then skim cream in the morning for coffee, butter, ice cream, etc. Once a week I would use a gallon for yogurt. I gave/sold 3 gallons a week. We fed clabbered milk to meat birds during the summer (1 1/2 gallons each day for 50 birds).
There was a beautiful flow of resources once I got the hang if it. A real economy (management) of goods.
There were times I was overwhelmed. But the worst that could happen is it gets poured on the garden or more gets fed to pigs.
Culturing milk - cheese, yogurt, kefir - is what sustained civilizations.
mises.org: Government Prohibitions on Raw Milk Are Ignorant and Dangerous -- http://tinyurl.com/yvyb76pg -- “Salus populi suprema lex.” The health of the people is the supreme law.As ruling ideals go, this is a good one. Unfortunately, the governing class in America decided long ago that raw milk—one of nature’s most perfectly nutritious substances—must be regulated and prohibited to the point of making it nearly impossible to obtain. In its place, they teamed with the dairy industry to promote pasteurized milk, a lifeless liquid so devoid of the natural beneficial compounds found in raw milk that it should more accurately be called a “milk-like substance.”In spite of government restrictions, free #liberty #news
Our milk cow is the center of our farm. She turns pasture into a densely nutritious food that feeds us, our pigs, chickens, dogs, and (if anything is leftover) the garden. Grass-fed raw milk is health and freedom.