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New Rustic Soap Bars

Sep 11, 2023 02:08 PM Central
Soap Making
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Rustic Soap Bars In The Making

Comfrey Healing Poultice Recipe

Aug 17, 2022 10:51 AM Central
Herbal Medicinals
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Comfrey is amazing for speeding healing. So much so that you should not use it on deep wounds or wounds that may have debris inside. Comfrey is also called boneset or knit bone due to its ability to help in bone healing. You do not want to use this on a fracture that has not been set correctly. I’m sharing a great recipe for Comfrey Healing Poultice with you today. Read to the very end for storage tips to have on hand for a year.

4 Salve recipes our ancestors kept on hand

Jul 27, 2022 05:58 AM Central
Herbal Medicinals, Self Sufficient
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Have you ever wondered what our ancestors used when they had wounds and sore muscles? I can tell you what they didn’t do; they didn’t run to Wal-Mart and purchase an antibiotic ointment or a sore muscle rub.

Shampoo Bar Recipe

Jul 13, 2022 08:20 AM Central
Recipe, Shampoo Bar, Soap Making
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I’ve had several requests to share my soap recipes, I can’t really claim them to be mine, as I’ve gathered my recipes from all over country and the internet. The ones I’ll share are just the ones my family likes the best. Todays is for the Shampoo Bar I like the best.

You asked for it

Jul 2, 2022 12:30 PM Central
favorite things, Herbal Medicinals, Recipes
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Hey Y’all,

Here’s what I’ve been up to this past week.

I have had so many people ask me to reopen my 15 Recipes for your Herbal Medicinal Remedies Apothecary Cabinet course that I decided to go ahead and open earlier than I had planned. And with a couple of changes I think for the better.

Change #1-

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My greatest desire is to help you become a Happy & Healthy Home-Maker!

Hey Y'all,

Welcome! I'm so glad you're here, I'm Deb, Debbie or Deborah Raylene (if I'm in trouble LOL). This is where I'll be sharing with you, all my doings here at

Deb's Sweet Country Home

No matter what the season is, there is always something going on here at home. I come from a ranching family and always loved the homesteading lifestyle. Maybe I'm just channeling my inner Grandma Walton or Ma Ingalls.

"Use it up ~ Wear it out ~ Make it do ~ or Do Without"

is one of my mantras. It's a lifestyle that I love. Now that I live in town, I'm still doing my best to live up to the principles of homemaking that the strong women of my family taught me. I feel it's important to share with you, how things were done in the old days, before there is no one left that remembers.

I'll be sharing about gardening, canning and food preservation. Stocking up the food pantry for winter or heaven forbid, in case of emergency whether it's a natural disaster or some man made one, like my hubby and I recently went through. Foraging (my hubby calls it pulling weeds LOL) for the plants to make all of my natural herbal body care products and medicinal remedies. And all the benefits of using them.

I'm afraid that we will soon lose the valuable knowledge our pioneer ancestors passed down to us in the form of folk remedy recipes. It is a important part of our heritage! Being a Home-Maker is something to be proud of, it's a whole skillset like no other. If you are looking for a place to learn how to be more self sufficient and self sustaining, you found it. I hope that I'm helpful to you, just like all my Grandmas, my Mom, Sisters & Aunts have been for me.

Make yourself at home and have a look around, but most of all, Thank You for stopping by and come back soon.

Deb Raylene

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Here's the latest going on here at home...

New Rustic Soap Bars

Comfrey Healing Poultice Recipe

4 Salve recipes our ancestors kept on hand

Shampoo Bar Recipe

You asked for it

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