Spring is in the air!

4/20/2016

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April has finally made it and we have passed the heaviest part of Winter....we hope!!!

What a month! Things have moved so quickly I have a hard time keeping track--I've had so many things to accomplish this month and hardly noticed the time as it sped so quickly by.

Two more months and school is out for the year--my gosh! And how many more days before folks start coming back up to the Northwood's for the summertime? Faela and I have been busily preparing more soap so its ready to go and I haven't even had time to contact anyone file:///C:/Users/Owner/Pictures/Spring%20is%20in%20the%20air!.html

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about when and where and how much are Farmer's Markets in the area. We've been working with Coconut oil soaps, Castile or Olive oil soaps, Hazelnut oils, Hemp oils, Avocado oils, and even a bit of Palm oil. I've seen one batch that didn't make it thru a re-batching effort--so I'm going to try out a little trick I've learned along the way and see if it keeps the deer away from my Medicinal and Herbal Plants this year.

We've heard from our landlord's and the house is on the market if anyone wants to find themselves a lovely one bedroom home in the woods. Don't ask me how we fit three people and two dogs into a one bedroom---let's just say I'm a whiz at staying clean and organization.

We are needing to be out by the end of June so as soon as Shea gets out of school, goes to Music Camp and goes to NY on a school trip--we'll be finding a new place. And, let's not ask just yet about where we will be going after June--I'm praying alot and hoping that our Soap and Herbal business helps us on our way! One thing I've learned is how fortunate we are and how blessed. Something always comes as a saving Grace and we give thanks for that.

As far as how my back issues are doing--let's just say, it's been a very long winter. I have a medical procedure being done on the 15th this month that has a 40% chance of working, so we'll see how that goes and I'll know more then. Until that time, we are making soap, blending salves and balms and looking forward to what is on the horizon. If you want to buy some soap, help us pack, or learn something along the way...keep on reading. We have lots in store for you this month! Thanks so much for continuing on as a reader--we sure do appreciate you!

Have a happy and blessed month--until next time!

Sandy MountainsDreamz

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Tibetan Tea--Immunity and Aging Lately among admirers of natural medicine are increasingly popular Tibetan medicines and prescriptions due to the fact that residents of this part of the world often experience old age.

We present a recipe for Tibetan tea can boost your immunity.

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How to Make Cottonwood Salve

By Jason Knight Cottonwood salve is an amazing medicine. February and early March are often the best time in the Pacific Northwest to collect the sap-filled buds of cottonwood trees for making an antiseptic, file:///C:/Users/Owner/Pictures/Spring%20is%20in%20the%20air!.html

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pain-relieving, skin-healing salve. The sweet-smelling sticky sap, also known as "Balm of Gilead", has been used for centuries to treat a variety of skin troubles, from cuts and scrapes to minor burns and bruises.

Read more here...

Was that three?...or Four Sisters....;)

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The traditional Iroquois native-American system for companion planting has corn, runner beans, and pumpkins planted together so that the beans climb up the support of the corn stalks while the pumpkin/squash leaves shade out weeds ~ the Anasazi tradition in the American desert south-west used a fourth sister, Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mountain beeplant), as a pollinatorattracting flower.

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How To Make Almond Milk at Home (Hemp Milk, Cashew Milk, Coconut Milk, the list is endless!)

COOKING LESSONS FROM THE KITCHEN I Love love love this recipe!!! Try it out and you'll see too!!!

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Edible Flowers – Forsythia Dandelion Jelly We are all thinking Spring, even though it has snowed so much over the weekend! Spring, Spring...if we can just keep saying this to ourselves, and have everyone chanting the mantra...maybe that will turn the tides! So this recipe will have to be one you keep on the back burner, at least until the snow melts and we can see Dandelions or Forsythia...patience my dear, patience. It's such a lovely recipe, so cheerful and happy with the bright colors of the Dandelions and Forsythia...I just had to include it! The original post is from the Homestead Lady--and she has much to say about her wild crafting if you wish to go to the original post.

Here, we are looking at the recipe...and it certainly is a good one!

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did you say Garden.....?!?!?

In our family we have generations that always waited until Mother's Day to begin our gardens. My mom, her mom, and on and on as far as I've been told. I remember our garden growing up, at first it was medium size--about 800-900 square feet...and then we moved it to another part of our lawn area and I swear it was the size of a football field. At least that's what it felt like. Mom every year would take out her seen catalogs, plan her garden by rows, and who liked to be next to whom. Read up on the Farmer's Almanac for the moon times and we started planting. and planting. and planting. Then, we weeded. and weeded. and weeded. Mom and Dad worked a lot so from the age of when we moved out there, we kids were the ones doing the work.

Shown well, and worked hard...;). Not only did we have the huge garden to work with-but we planted food for all the animals as well. Dad took care of that with the tractor and all. We just focused on the garden...;).

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2016 Moon Phases Calendar Read more here...

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