WHAAAAT...? That's my response every time I get an email from someone who wants to know why I talk about essential oils on a homesteading blog. Okay, okay... to be fair, there was a time when I didn't get the connection either. I thought essential oils were just expensive little brown bottles surrounded by a bunch of hype. I still use herbs too, but I've found essential oils to be much easier to use as they are more "grab and ...Continue Reading
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How to Clean Your Essential Oil Diffuser
I'll take full responsibility... ...for turning so many of you into essential oil diffuser fanatics. Believe it or not, two of the most popular posts to ever hit this homesteading blog have been about essential oil diffuser reviews and my 20 diffuser blend recipes. I think that's awesome. I'm happy to oblige if y'all want to talk about diffusing oils in the midst of chatting about deep mulch gardening and making tallow soap. ;) ...Continue Reading
Top 10 Essential Oil Cleaning Recipes
It was rough, man. For the last year our teeny living room was our only living space as we ripped apart our 98 year-old home to make room for the extreme farmhouse remodel. For nearly all of 2015, we ate in that room, did homeschool in that room, played in that room, relaxed (sort of...) in that room, and stored all the boxes there too. It was nearly impossible to keep things and organized in that sort of set-up, and I'll ...Continue Reading
Homemade Suet Cakes for Chickens
If you ever visit my chicken coop, don't expect to see any chandeliers... I'll admit, they do look kinda cool, but I tend to be somewhat of a minimalist when it comes to chicken keeping. I prefer to stick to the basics (that means no chicken sweaters either...). Heck, my flock doesn't even have names, other than the rooster, which the Prairie Kids named "Chicken Nugget". That being said, I do like to provide them with a ...Continue Reading
How to Make Beeswax Candles
*Flicker flicker flicker* When I'm sitting by the blazing wood stove on a cold winter's night, I gotta have a candle. No ifs, ands, or buts, the moment is simply not complete without the dancing light of a burning wick. Even though I'm dumped most of my candles in favor of my essential diffusers (because not only do my essential oils make my house smell good naturally, but they also can provide health benefits), I still crave the ...Continue Reading