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  • FARMacy, Not Pharmacy

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    Why We Believe Health Begins Long Before We Ever Need Medicine If you’ve spent any time here on the homestead, you’ve probably heard me say, “We believe in the FARMacy before the pharmacy.” It’s a phrase that sometimes catches people off guard. Some assume it means we don’t trust doctors or that we’ve sworn off…

  • Homestead Helper Mix

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    The Pantry Base It’s more than a seasoning mix This is the foundation behind several of my homemade meal kits. Making one large batch means several dinners are already halfway finished. Ingredients Mix together and store airtight. Use ½ cup per pound of meat in Homestead Helper recipes. Keep It Handy Store in mason jars…

  • Keeping Memories 5

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    Written by Homestead Daughter, Katie we lost my grandfather last month. he was so important to me and the loss has really rocked my whole world. it has been a long few weeks of getting things sorted. one of the things we did was choose what things we creamated with him. of course, i had…

  • A Tiny Homestead Podcast

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    A Tiny Homestead Podcast – 5 Acre Wood Homestead From May 21, 2025 A major theme of the conversation is that homesteading is not defined by owning livestock. Although Marissa does not currently raise animals, she gardens extensively, grows herbs, maintains an orchard, cooks from scratch, quilts, and practices many traditional homesteading skills. Mary emphasizes…

  • Keeping Memories #4

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    Growing up everyone I knew had movie nights at their house. In my house, we had music nights! Dad would bust out record after record and 45s. I was taught to “dance light” at an early age. So not to rattle the needle and make the record skip and scratch. We would sing and dance…

  • Keeper of the Memories #1

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    This one time, when we still lived in Idaho, Mom and Dad went up the mountain for wood. Dad was out cutting logs and my Mom got so angry and pissed off over something she hopped in the truck and took off and left him up there with just his chainsaw. Just left him…on the…

  • Keeper of the Memories #2

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    My Dad didn’t have his beard when I was born. He started growing it shortly after and didn’t shave it again until I was about 4. Mom said I was running circles through the house…in the Mullan house you could go from the living room to the kitchen into the bathroom and through the bathroom…

  • Keeper of the Memories #3

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    At my Mom’s baby shower, when I was born in 1978, she got a little basket with a small house plant in it from my Aunt Terri and Uncle Dale. That small house plant was a Golden Pothos and its the only plant my Mom owned in 40 years that she didn’t kill! This is…