Today we are going to try out papaya seeds to use as an anti parasitic.

The directions that I have just say to scoop them out and separate the stringy flesh from the seeds. This proves to be kind of a pain but if anyone has a handy way to separate the two I’d love to hear it! I just rinsed the seeds and picked the flesh all out while it was in the water.

Then just mix the seeds with honey! 🍯

Well we are going to start taking “one tablespoon” of this mixture a day. I’ll come back with our results in a few weeks!!

Any tips, tricks, or additions to add I’d love to hear!!

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Have a super fantastic ultra amazing day!

It’s time to start those seeds here in Michigan!! What are we using to do so?!? I’ve tried so many different things!! Ive always just used “seed starter” and I’ve always had about a 75 percent germination success rate.

This year I went to buy my seed starter and accidentally grabbed vermiculite! Ooops 🤣

Then I got to reading that you can mix it with coconut core, and it would help the starter mix! So instead of going back and getting more seed starter I just ordered coconut coir.

You just mix the two, I used a 2:1 ratio. 2 parts coconut coir and 1 part vermiculite.

I went from a 75 percent germination rate to a 95 percent!!! I am so very excited!!

Come back for more tips 😊 Thanks for visiting!

Living whole can produce a lot of food scraps. This can make for a lot of compost! If you live in the city composting can be much more difficult. Space is an issue, smell is an issue, and let’s face it it’s not pretty either!

I like to find other things I can do with my food scraps. Although some does definitely go into my compost pile! I would like to share what I do with food waste that is “useable” beyond compost.

Here we feed a lot of food scraps to the rabbits or the chickens. Our rabbits produce most of the fertilizer we use for our gardens. With just three rabbits I get a ton of fertilizer!

Other ideas for using carrot scraps include regrowing the tops for edible greens, making vegetable stock, adding to compost, or chopping down and using as a nutrient rich mulch.

When I met my husband I lived on a six acre plot that I was trying to turn into a hobby farm. I was finding it was very hard to do that on my own though! We then made the decision to join our families. With that decision we moved all my animals, kids, and gardening stuff to his place, so we are now in town on a “double lot”. Pictured is our resolution for the chickens. We used the already there privacy fence as two walls and built on!

I wanted to show this as it is a great way to utilize an odd space in your yard!

My husband designed and built the feeder and nesting box and everything works wonderfully!! The nesting box is temporary until we get the coop built.

The only item we purchased was the steel for the roof. We ran out of time last fall, but we will be adding electricity and an actual “coop” this summer. Come back later to check out what we built!!

Today I tried my hand at a homemade cream for psoriasis.

I used a mix of bee wax, shea butter, coconut oil, peppermint oil, and grape root.

I found the recipe and thought it would be wonderfully helpful!

My hands are super soft from making it!

Here’s to hoping it gives some relief 🤞 I’ll post more later if we find it is a real winner!!!!