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For the bakers, here are the ingredients (for one loaf):
250g water
200g pumpkin puree
60g sourdough starter
50g honey
500g bread flour
7g salt
A buncha raisins
When shaping, stretch into a rectangle/square shape, douse it in cinnamon sugar, then fold into thirds and roll up.
Everything else with the recipe can be done the typical way you bake your sourdough. Chilling for 1-2 hours before baking is great for this. Also you just tie the dough with twine right before baking, there are lots of videos on YouTube on how to do that.
If you feel overwhelmed by information, stop consuming it. It's likely a distraction from something more important. That something is probably a spirit in need. "Homesteading" won't fix that feeling of overwhelm, only add to it.
Don't worry. I've heard it said that to worry is to pray to the Devil to make your fears into reality. Don't fear, because there's nothing to be afraid of. Everything will work out as it's supposed to, and there's plenty of time to do what you need to do.
This channel used to be a much-needed form of therapy for me, and now, things are very different and I use my energy in other directions.
I am now an apprentice of an alpaca farm owner and hope to own my own next year 🤞
This is just a note so you all know I'm still alive and doing okay. I hope you are all flourishing too. Hot dog react if you are.
Can't believe I haven't uploaded this before.
I am a firm believer in mulch, and I employ it year-round in the garden for all of the reasons this book describes. I continually convert bare-dirt barons to this extravagant straw strategy, and you should, too.
On the chestnut buds you’ll stick,
Buds of beech are sharp and prick,
Buds of ash are always put
In tidy pairs as black as soot.
In a jumble oak buds grow,
A most untidy twig they show.
Reddish-brown are buds of plane,
On the elm tree look again.
See the leaf buds, small and brown,
Growing up the twig and down,
Flower buds you’ll see as well
Brown and bead - like as they swell.
Buds of sycamore show green,
A big one at the top is seen.
But smaller down the twig they grow,
Lime buds ruby red will glow.
Poplar buds in single line,
Down the twig in crimson shine.
Thus may all the trees be known
In winter by their buds alone.
Enid Blyton
Made brioche by hand so I can truly appreciate the stand mixer my husband got me for Christmas 😮💨🥴 only bakers would understand...
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
The Resilience Index
It is my hope that readers will take care of themselves, so they can take care of our world. This is my recommended list of must-reads for physical health and mental wellbeing, which are inextricably connected.
I encourage you to buy physical copies. If you can't but would like to change formats, please use this file converter. Use a VPN and change IPs to exceed the daily limit.
Healing
Anchored
Gut and Psychology Syndrome
Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness
How to Heal Your Metabolism
The Body Keeps The Score
The Mind-Gut Connection
The Stress of Life
The Trigger Therapy Workbook
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
Nutrition
Deep Nutrition
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
The Nourished Kitchen
The Nourishing Traditions Index
Vibrant Botanicals
Family Health
Awakening Fertility
Childbirth Without Fear
Husband-Coached Childbirth
Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
Nine Golden Months
Natural Progesterone
Taking Charge of Your Fertility
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
The First Forty Days
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
Other indexes (may be unfinished):
Gardening
Gear
Livestock
Medicine and First Aid
Mushrooms
Ragnar Benson
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The Nourished Kitchen
By Jennifer McGruther
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Based on the research of Weston A. Price, who studied the diets of indigenous peoples to understand the relationship between nutrition and health, a traditional foods diet avoids processed ingredients, but allows meat, animal fat, and grains. It embraces cultured dairy, such as kefir and yogurt, that contain beneficial bacteria; fermented foods, such as sauerkraut and kombucha, that are rich in probiotics; and organ meats that are packed with vitamins and minerals. It also celebrates locally grown foods. By choosing ingredients from nearby sources, you create a stronger connection to your food, and have a better understanding of what you’re eating and how it was produced.
The Nourished Kitchen not only teaches how to prepare wholesome, nourishing foods, but also encourages a mindful approach to cooking and a celebration of old-world culinary traditions that have sustained healthy people for millennia. 160 recipes are included in this book.
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
by Diane Wiessinger
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• real-mom wisdom on breastfeeding comfortably—from avoiding sore nipples to simply enjoying the amazing bonding experience
• new insights into old approaches toward latching and attaching, ages and stages, and answers to the most-asked questions
• strategies for moms who choose to breastfeed for a short time or who plan to nurse for a year or more
• reassuring information on nursing after a C-section or delivery complications
• recent scientific data that highlight the many lifelong health benefits of breastfeeding
• helpful tips for building your support network—at home or when back at work
• nursing special-needs infants, premies, multiples, and how to thrive no matter what curveball life throws
• guidance on breast health issues, weight gain, day care, colic, postpartum depression, food allergies, and medications
The First Forty Days
by Heng Ou
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The first 40 days after the birth of a child offer an essential and fleeting period of rest and recovery for the new mother.
The book includes 60 simple recipes for healing soups, replenishing meals and snacks, and calming and lactation-boosting teas, all formulated to support the unique needs of the new mother. In addition to the recipes, this warm and encouraging guide offers advice on arranging a system of help during the postpartum period, navigating relationship challenges, and honoring the significance of pregnancy and birth.
Includes pantry and shopping lists to prepare beforehand, as well as step-by-step instructions for making everything from bone broth to body salves. It discusses how to approach relationships, setting guidelines for visitors, and asking for help and support from family and friends.
Women: show this one to your husband!!!!
Husband-Coached Childbirth
by Robert A. Bradley, M.D.
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From the reasons to choose the Bradley Method to the steps you will take as your birth day approaches—and after the birth of your baby—this book is designed to help couples share completely in the birthing experience.
•Build better, deeper, and more trusting communication skills with your partner in preparation for a drug-free childbirth
•Learn the physical, emotional, and mental relaxation techniques essential to a natural childbirth
•Discover how you and your doctor can work together toward your natural delivery
•Monitor your weight, nutrition, and your overall well-being during pregnancy
•Use natural prevention methods for the most common pregnancy problems
•Get the most out of the bonding experience you will share with your baby and your partner
With its time-tested wisdom, medical soundness, and reassuring first-person accounts of natural childbirth, this book is the “gold standard” of childbirth books.
Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding
by Ina May Gaskin
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Drawing on her decades of experience in caring for pregnant women, mothers, and babies, Ina May Gaskin explores the health and psychological benefits of breastfeeding and gives you invaluable practical advice that will help you nurse your baby in the most fulfilling way possible. Inside you’ll find answers to virtually every question you have on breastfeeding, including topics such as
•the benefits of breastfeeding
•nursing challenges
•pumps and other nursing products
•sleeping arrangements
•nursing and work
•medications
•nursing multiples
•weaning
•sick babies
•nipplephobia, and much more
Awakening Fertility
by Heng Ou
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From the bestselling authors of The First Forty Days comes a gently nurturing guide for aspiring mothers. The path to motherhood is a deep and transformative process. It can also include unexpected twists and turns. Awakening Fertility is a loving companion to accompany you along the journey-whether your desire to become a mother burns fiercely today or is a future calling just beginning to stir. Intended for women at every stage of the preconception process, this book offers wisdom and guidance to support your body, mind, and spirit-including nearly 50 delicious recipes to nourish yourself deeply.
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
by Weston A. Price, D.D.S
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An epic study demonstrating the importance of whole food nutrition, and the degeneration and destruction that comes from a diet of processed foods. For nearly 10 years, Weston Price and his wife traveled around the world in search of the secret to health. Instead of looking at people afflicted with disease symptoms, this highly-respected dentist and dental researcher chose to focus on healthy individuals, and challenged himself to understand how they achieved such amazing health. Dr. Price traveled to hundreds of cities in a total of 14 different countries in his search to find healthy people. He observed perfect dental arches, minimal tooth decay, high immunity to tuberculosis and overall excellent health in those groups of people who ate their indigenous foods. Dr. Price documented this ancestral wisdom including hundreds of photos in his book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration.
A nutritionist's classic!
The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook
by Clair Davies, N.C.T.M.B.
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Trigger point therapy is one of the fastest-growing and most effective pain therapies in the world. Medical doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, and massage therapists are all beginning to use this technique to relieve patients’ formerly undiagnosable muscle and joint pain, both conditions that studies have shown to be the cause of nearly 25 percent of all doctor visits.
This book addresses the problem of myofascial trigger points—tiny contraction knots that develop in a muscle when it is injured or overworked. Restricted circulation and lack of oxygen in these points cause referred pain. Massage of the trigger is the safest, most natural, and most effective form of pain therapy.
Includes illustrations.
Hederacat Unleashed.
Rodent Ruiner. Pest Pulverizer. Vermin Vaporizer. Mouse Molester.
But for now... Kind of a fumbling little feline.
Bereft of my last cat companion, this year's garden has been ravaged by rodents that have flourished due to the existence of a chicken coop. Traps can only do so much and the damage can be debilitating. This clumsy kitten is in training to become our on-site security.
There's a reason why I got a cat long before even considering a dog when I first moved off-grid. Their usefulness can't be understated. Hopefully, she will keep next year's crop (and chicken feed) protected. She is a must have - at least, all this is what I told my cat-allergic husband to convince him we needed one 🤭
Let's talk about the people in the homestead world who are always stressed, it's always the end of the world, banks are literally about to collapse tomorrow, buy all the silver you can, we don't have much time, our communities aren't connected, everything's going to destroy us, and so on. I'm betting this will ruffle some feathers, especially given the context of this channel and the content shared on it in the past.
Paradoxically, I think it is the chronic worriers who would become the "neediest" during an actual collapse, despite their whining about how "needy" everyone else will be. I think it is the neediest and most downtrodden who secretly wish for destruction, so they can have a sense of power over the situation - using their homesteading skillz to rise like a phoenix from the ashes. An easy, built-in switcheroo from dire straits to riding the waves of chaos.
I don't think it works like that. I don't believe there will be a collapse that completely destroys power grids (for long, anyway). I don't think we need to prepare for a pastoral existence in a dark age wasteland. And, if nuclear war happens, I'd honestly rather not survive if it is in close enough range to alter my life significantly in that way - but if I do, there is no reasonable way that I could prepare for the survival of such an event in the first place.
Nuclear fallout aside, I don't know exactly what some people are prepping for that requires this "every single commodity needs to be localized" mentality. On an individual basis, it is impossible, and without sufficient motivation for entire regions to do so, it will not be done. This aspiration seems self destructive in the same way obsessive diets and bodybuilding can be. We cannot enslave ourselves to unrealistic standards, whatever they are.
You can burn out so hard on a prepping/homesteading lifestyle that fundamental energy issues start to develop in your body. The stress alone can lead to a host of debilitating conditions, but of particular importance is the atrophy of the prefrontal cortex - where planning, empathy, and introspection take place. I think that is a pretty awful thing to do to a brain when our existence depends on our ability to cooperate with others.
The people with the best chances of surviving a "collapse" (whatever that could be) will be strong of mind, spirit, and body. They will come from a place of abundance rather than scarcity; a mindset of charity as opposed to self-preservation. They will not be stunted from fear.
Before fretting about idealistic, closed-circle ecosystems and economies (which is just as easy to solve as placing humans on Mars), I think priority should be placed nearer to our hearts. What can we do?
Instead of placing all of the focus on relatively meaningless skills, I think we need to assess our current standing in society and in our minds.
Is there a relationship we need to get out of?
Is something lacking (money, housing, food, connection)?
Are we stuck with responsibilities that we hate?
Are there health issues we struggle with?
These questions and their answers are the foundation that we have to work with. Almost everything else is a distraction from the readiness that we truly need to tend to (yes, even homesteading, which is rapidly becoming a buzzword that I hate). Without addressing these concerns, we will destroy ourselves, no matter how much "knowledge" we have obtained.
I believe in the human spirit as a driver of progress, hope, charity, and virtue. The preservation of these aspects of humanity is the only thing worth pursuing. It starts in our own lives.
What progress can you make in achieving a state of internal peace? How can you get in a position where charity is easy for you? How will you uphold the universal principles of good? How can you inspire hope in others, rather than fear?
I think these questions are vastly more important to answer than "how do I start a homestead". The homestead is inconsequential - harmful, even, if it's not aiding these goals of the spirit. What use would it be?
Stop hot dog reacting the male baby alpaca please
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The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book
by Ruth Stout
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Can you really have a productive garden without plowing, hoeing, weeding, cultivating, and all the other bothersome rituals that most gardeners suffer through every growing season? "Sure," says Ruth Stout, a prolific author and writer at 80 years young. The reason that Ruth can throw away her spade and hoe and do her gardening from a couch is a year-round mulch covering, 6 to 8 inches thick, that covers her garden like a blanket. Thousands of curious gardeners have visited her Redding, Connecticut garden, including university scientists and horticulture experts. The experts have been dazzled by the technique used by the queen of mulch! But the results of 41 years of gardening experience can't be denied. The Ruth Stout No-Work Gardening Book gives Ruth's unique advice on growing techniques and tells how she has escaped the bugaboos that haunt most gardeners.
Natural Progesterone: The Multiple Roles of a Remarkable Hormone
by John R. Lee, MD
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This book describes the nature of progesterone hormone and its physiological functions. It is meant to educate physicians and laymen regarding the progesterone and suggests the roles is may serve in application to health.
This is a short, comprehensive, essential read for all women. It covers many topics, such as the long term and side effects of synthetic hormone replacement therapy/birth control, the implications of environmental toxins on the reproductive organs, the connection between reproductive health and overall health, how natural progesterone supplementation can help restore fertility and resolve other ailments, and much more pertinent information for the intelligent woman.
Bonus: a chapter on progesterone and prostate health, for the men.
Gut and Psychology Syndrome
by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, M.D.
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Gut and Psychology Syndrome provides the information you need to heal a damaged digestive system. The perfect book for anyone suffering from Autism, Dyslexia, Depression, Dyspraxia, ADD, ADHD, Schizophrenia, and any other condition that has a link with gut dysbiosis.
Vibrant Botanicals
by Jennifer McGruther
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Adaptogens (plant extracts that help the body adapt to stress) and herbs are some of the most potent sources of such energy and immunity—plus they have a host of additional health benefits. Jennifer explains each function and application, and how to extract their benefits into tinctures, infused oils, teas and tisanes, vinegars, and more. And while store-bought adaptogenic powders and elixirs from popular retailers may be a hefty investment, Jennifer’s creations cost only a few dollars to make at home.
Vibrant Botanicals provides more than 70 recipes. You’ll discover how cacao and licorice naturally awaken the body and can be incorporated into granolas, beverages, and breakfasts to jump-start your day. Garlic, astragalus, reishi, and more are showcased in homemade broth and fire cider to help build immunity; while passionflower, ashwagandha, and chamomile are mixed into creamy milk blends and teas to ensure peaceful sleep.
Nine Golden Months
by Heng Ou
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Heng Ou, Amely Greeven, and Marisa Belger, the bestselling authors of The First Forty Days and Awakening Fertility, encourage mothers-to-be to care for themselves—and not just their babies—during pregnancy.
A woman needs to feel connected to others, rooted in the knowledge that many have done this before her, and calmed and fortified by time-honored practices that nourish her body, soothe her mind, and hold up her spirit. The (still-growing) success of The First Forty Days showed that women are longing to experience the deeper aspects of becoming a mother. Nine Golden Months shares timeless guidance from the authors’ extraordinary circle of practitioners, guides, and wisdom-keepers specializing in prenatal care; it draws from Traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda, and features rituals and self-sourced wisdom, so that it addresses all aspects of a woman’s pregnancy experience: emotional, mental, physiological, and spiritual.
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
by Henci Goer
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As an intelligent woman, you are probably used to learning as much as you can before making major decisions. But when it comes to one of the most important decisions of your life, how you will give birth, it is hard to gather accurate, unbiased information. Surprisingly, much of the research does not support common medical opinion and practice.
Birth activist Henci Goer gives clear, concise information based on the latest medical studies. The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth helps you compare and contrast your various options and shows you how to avoid unnecessary procedures, drugs, restrictions, and tests. The book covers:
Cesareans
Breech babies
Inducing labor
Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Rupturing Membranes
Coping with slow labor
Pain medication
Epistiotomy
Vaginal birth after a Ceasarean
Doulas
Deciding on a doctor or midwife
Choosing where to have your baby
and much more . . .
Childbirth Without Fear
by Grantly Dick-Read, M.D.
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In an age when normal birth can still be overtaken by obstetrics, Grantly Dick-Read's philosophy is still as fresh and relevant as it was when he originally wrote this book. He unpicks the root causes of women's fears and anxiety about pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding with overwhelming heart and empathy. As one of the most influential birthing books of all time, Childbirth Without Fear is essential reading for all parents-to-be, childbirth educators, midwives and obstetricians!
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
by Ina May Gaskin
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Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation’s leading midwife, shares the benefits and joys of natural childbirth by showing women how to trust in the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy and fulfilling birthing experience. Based on the female-centered Midwifery Model of Care, Ina May’s Guide to Natural Childbirth gives expectant mothers comprehensive information on everything from the all-important mind-body connection to how to give birth without technological intervention.
Taking Charge of Your Fertility
by Toni Weschler, M.P.H.
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Since the publication of Taking Charge of your Fertility two decades ago, Toni Weschler has taught a whole new generation of women how to become pregnant, avoid pregnancy naturally and gain better control of their gynecological and sexual health by taking just a couple minutes a day using the proven Fertility Awareness Method.
Now, this 20th Anniversary Edition has been thoroughly revised and fully updated with:
•the latest medical advances in assisted reproductive technologies (ART)
•more in-depth coverage of women’s gynecological and sexual health
•new illustrations, photographs, and •an expanded color insert
•new sample charts
•an expanded appendix
Six new chapters including:
•Three Prevalent Conditions—Endometriosis, Ovarian Cysts and PCOS
•Natural Ways to Balance Your Hormones
•Preserving Your Future Fertility
•Miscarriages
•Idiopathic Infertility
•Causes of Unusual Bleeding
Pssst... Buy a physical copy for your wife!
Anchored
by Deb Dana
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An intense conversation, a spat with a partner, or even an obnoxious tweet―these situations aren’t life-or-death, yet we often react as if they are. That’s because our bodies treat most perceived threats the same way. Yet one approach has proven to be incredibly effective in training our nervous system to stop overreacting and start responding to the world with greater safety and ease: Polyvagal Theory.
In Anchored, expert teacher Deb Dana shares a down-to-earth presentation of Polyvagal Theory, then brings the science to life with practical, everyday ways to transform your relationship with your body. Using field-tested techniques, Dana helps you master the skills to become more aware of your nervous system moment to moment―and change the way you respond to the great and small challenges of life.
Deep Nutrition
by Catherine Shanahan, M.D. and Luke Shanahan
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Physician and biochemist Catherine Shanahan, M.D. examined diets around the world known to help people live longer, healthier lives―diets like the Mediterranean, Okinawa, and “Blue Zone”―and identified the four common nutritional habits, developed over millennia, that unfailingly produce strong, healthy, intelligent children, and active, vital elders, generation after generation. These four nutritional strategies―fresh food, fermented and sprouted foods, meat cooked on the bone, and organ meats―form the basis of what Dr. Cate calls “The Human Diet.”
Rooted in her experience as an elite athlete who used traditional foods to cure her own debilitating injuries, and combining her research with the latest discoveries in the field of epigenetics, Dr. Cate shows how all calories are not created equal; food is information that directs our cellular growth.
Bonus: author believes in objective beauty standards, which is based.