Rustic Roots: Apothecary & Homesteading

04/14/2026

Today we moved some (ok, a LOT) rocks where the blueberries used to be to get ready for the elderberry plants coming Friday. We found this, and decided to move it to a safe space to let it grow!

04/14/2026

It may be National Gardening Day, but don't forget the bees! Wait to clean up your lawn a little longer- it's not above 50° at night consistently yet.

04/02/2026

I found a poplar tree last summer, and I have been waiting IMPATIENTLY to gather dropped branches. Today was perfect after the storms Tuesday 😍

03/31/2026

Fresh brown butt-nuggets! $3/dozen

Located in GREENWOOD

03/25/2026

After going down the coffee rabbit hole, we decided to start trying "clean" coffees. This is our first brand: Happy Camper.

I know you sang it, just like I did.

03/11/2026

It's almost planting time- grab your seed packs! 🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸
Garden Staples
Herb Garden
Pollinator Blend
My First Garden (Kids)
Pickles
Roots
Salsa Mix
Sauce Mix

Packed with seeds from 2025 growing season.

03/02/2026

It was a LONG weekend! But we saved a LOT from our dead freezer. What was still frozen went to a different freezer.
(13) 1/2pts blueberry berry jelly
(1) qt mixed vegetables
(3) qt green beans
(7) qt ham, leek, potato soup starter
(1) pt ham stock
(1) pt carrots
(4) qt tomato sauce
(10) pt chicken
(4) qt + (1) 1.5 qt vegetable stock

Cooked 2 apple pies, baked 1 loaf of Zucchini bread, made about 3 cups total ham salad for lunches and have 2 portions of chicken for dinners.

02/27/2026

What's on my mind? How about what's in my kitchen!?
...green beans, carrots, chicken, tomatoes, veggie scraps, ham, blueberries, leeks, and an apple pie...
Why the variety?

Because our standing freezer went wonky.

02/23/2026

02/18/2026

On Monday Wesson and I tapped one of our trees and 24 hours later our bucket was overflowing!

We purchased a sap pan and will start cooking it down as soon as it gets here! I'm excited for this new project- one more thing I can make I stead of buy!

Did you know it takes 40 gallons of (maple) sap to make 1 gallon of syrup? And, you can tap walnut, birch, alder, and sycamore trees as well. But it may take more sap to get the same amount of syrup.

02/13/2026

Who makes kombucha?? Or can point me to a quality video I can learn from?

I tried kombucha today (peep the tiny juice glass). I've waited this long because, honestly, I was scared it would be awful! Now, I'm kicking myself for waiting! This might be my new favorite drink 😋