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This Wednesday marks the shortest day of the year and the longest night. It's also the first day of winter.  It's time to welcome light back into our lives. In honour of the Winter Solstice, we made some ice lanterns.  It's as easy as finding some plastic containers or tin cans, water and some natural sprigs of greenery and berries. You also need tea lights or candles. These ice lanterns are stunning and incredibly easy to make. They make beautiful table centerpieces or put them on your porch when hosting. You can easily burn them inside too, just be sure...

We weaned calves this week which always makes for a busy and intensive few days. It’s something I always drag my heels on. If you know you know. It can be stressful for the animals and humans.  Weaning involves separating the cows from their calves. You may be wondering why we do this? The reason we wean is to stop the cow from producing milk. Producing milk requires a lot of energy. Instead of the cow using her energy to produce milk for her teenage calf, we want her to reserve her energy for herself and for the calf she...

Looking to stay healthy and feeling good all winter? We have something for you!Feeling under the weather? We have something for you too!Drumroll please.....Garlic Honey! When I started making this pungent potion months ago, there was some mockery happening in our house…but I believe that consuming a spoonful a day has given my immune system a boost and has kept me healthy even when others around me and close to me have been sick.    It was after the honey as medicine workshop that I was inspired to make a batch and start consuming it as a way to keep...

Creamed Honey is simply honey that is intentionally crystallized. It’s made with raw runny honey and finely crystallized honey. When the seed honey is slowly stirred into the runny honey all the honey crystallizes.  When I first heard about creamed honey years ago - I assumed they took cream and whipped some honey into it. But that's not true, despite the name no dairy is involved - creamed honey is completely natural honey.  You still get all the health benefits of this superfood we're just speeding up a process that naturally happens with high quality natural honey.   It all starts with a secret...