In order to make a probiotic Ginger Ale you need to make a Ginger Bug first. It is super easy to make and once it is activated, you can make a very healing delicious Ginger Drink. A Ginger Bug is a culture of beneficial bacteria similar to a Kombucha SCOBY. The Ginger Bug can be used […]
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Having a greenhouse these days is gaining in importance and with a bit of creativity, one can be built with relatively little cost and space. They are perfect for starting hardy sprouts from seeds and we see an extremely high germination rate. The plants that are grown in the greenhouse are not getting the chemicals
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There is so much conflicting information streaming the internet regarding the Fukushima disaster and the radiation that might be leaking into the ocean and our air. I have been following this event since the Japan Tsunami March 2011. There are no authorities giving us the actual truth of what is going on. I have
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We just LOVE pallets over here at Harmony Homestead. There are so many creative things you can do with them. For instance, a base for a mattress. Here we are using one long pallet. We acquired these pallets from an apartment building. They were used to transport solar panels and then dumped next to a
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The first thing to setting up a successful garden is to create a fence to keep all the garden menaces out. When we found the 23 large pallets from the apartment building, we felt like we had hit a gold mine! We were so excited as they turned out to become a fence for our
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Getting off the grid is a phrase that is being thrown around quite a bit these days. There is so much survival talk and preparation being done by many. The end result is ‘getting off the grid.’ Let us remind ourselves that there are different ways of getting off of the grid. There is the
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