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We handcrafted grass fed and finished tallow products, salves and more.

05/02/2025

Absolutely! I got our huge 40ft x 60ft garden tilled up this past week. Every year it gets bigger 🙈😳😬 My husband says it is not a garden but a field 🤷🏻‍♀️

I am working on herb boxes next. I have some plants ordered from Wild Acre and plan on getting more from there as well. You need to check them out if you havent yet. Organically grown plants, honey and more.
I am just itching to get everything planted and start harvesting those delicious veggies/fruits!
Anyone else been working on their gardens?

04/29/2025

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04/28/2025

100%! Slow down! Live simply! Stop trying to keep up with everyone else! Enjoy you and your family! Make memories, walk barefoot in the garden, smell the flowers! You dont have to have elaborate plans on a Saturday night. Have a bonfire with your favorite people and RELAX!
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04/26/2025

Dandelions are one of my favorites. I use it in tea on a regular basis for liver support.

🌼I also infuse it into oils for salves and our acne blend products.

🌼 People use to purposely plant dandelions for their beauty and for their benefits

🌼Roots, leaves and flowers all can be used and consumed.

🌼 Dandelions are loaded with vitamin K. You can use them in salads, jelly and more!

🌼 They are one of the first things bees go to in the Spring for food.

04/21/2025

🪻Happy Easter!!🪻

We hope you and your family had a blessed day! Easter is time of year that reminds me how we all need to remember to show everyone grace and mercy. Even if we feel they dont deserve it.

It also reminds me of all the important things in life. Simplicity is good. Being in nature is good. Being self sufficient is good. Living a slow paced life and enjoying the small moments is good!

04/19/2025

Mullein is a must for me. I have suffered with Asthma since I was very young. After c0vid it was awful. I was tied to a home nebulizer several times a day, every day, for about a year.

🌱Thats when my research lead me to mullein. Some of the chemical properties in mullein are actually used in the pharmaceutical asthma meds. So I started drinking it in tea everyday. And after a couple weeks I was nebulizer free. I havent needed prescription asthma meds in YEARS!

🪴If i get a respiratory virus or my asthma flares I..
~ start taking mullein in tincture form
~ and I put mullein and chamomile in a pan of boiling water. I will then turn it off and breath in the steam. This helps open my airway’s quickly and relieves congestion.

🪴the flowers I put in a carrier oil and pull the properties out. This makes a great ear drop for ear infections.

🌱mullein literally grows everywhere. Second year mullein is tall up to 6ft. The tops have small yellow flowers. The leaves are fuzzy and underneath is “veiny”

04/18/2025

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🪴I prefer growing and/or making most of what we use! Not only is it nice knowing what we are using/consuming but there is joy in knowing you are independent of a system that was made to keep you dependent!

04/16/2025

Meet Olive or as it turn out… Oliver! 🙄 Oliver is our unexpected Olive egger rooster! He is absolutely gorgeous and such a sweet heart. Yet somehow he keeps all those hens in line! 😂

I havent got any new chicks this year…..yet!
Anyone have a favorite breed? Mine our my Brahmas or brahma mamas as I call them!

If anyone local needs eggs let me know. We let them free range and they dont organic feed. $4/doz or if someone is in need let me know.

04/15/2025

🌱🌱These are some of the easiest medicinal plants to find around your own back yard.

🪴🪴 I love Spring so I can get out there and start forging my plants for my home apothecary.

🌱Dandelions are a MUST every year. I love the detox abilities but I deal with alot of water rentention due to my MS and other illness. So it makes a great diuretic. The leaves are good in salads. You can make amazing jelly with them.

🌱🪴 yarrow is another must for me. It is great for fighting sickness and infections. Its AMAZING on wounds and stopping bleeding. I keep this in my emergency medical bag.

🌱🪴Plantain is so easy to find and you most likely have it all over your yard. Anytime i get a cut or sting I run out to my yard and grab fresh plantain.

🌱🪴🌷🌼 Next time you are outside take a look around and see if you can find any of these plants. It becomes addicting easily!

04/14/2025

🙋🏻‍♀️ We are! I am trying to be more organized this year. We have also kept track of things we didnt like or didnt work in previous years. We have made a plan to change it and stream line everything. I am hoping this makes less work. We grow a huge garden 😳. I like canning, dehydrating and freezing extras. I also take my wagon full of produce to our neighbors to share 😊

I am expanding this year on my medical garden. We use alot throughout the year for ourselves and products. So we have to expand again!

How about all of you? Do you have a garden? If you dont have much room alot of plants can be planted in containers on your porch!

Growing your own food/medicine is so rewarding. I find it lifts me mood as well. Especially getting in that garden barefoot and grounding. The soil is full of all sorts of good microbes!

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04/12/2025

Most of these are my go to herbs! 🪴Mullein I use on a regular basis to keep my asthma in check
🪴dandelion I use for a diuretic and liver detox
🪴oregano is a must especially in cold and flu season
🪴turmeric and black pepper in my protein shake everyday to help my joints and arthritis
🪴chamomile for sleep
🪴fever few and rosemary for migraines
And so much more!

Do you have your basic herbal cabinet? Would you want a class on how to start your own at home apothecary?

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41 East Main Street Inside Whispering Willow
Shelby, OH
44875

Website

http://backtoourrootsapothecary.com/

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