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Author Archives: Leola
I’m Still Here!
Wow! I can’t believe it has been so long since I’ve blogged. If you follow me on Facebook, you know I’m still alive. Here’s What I’ve Been Doing We took a trip to Northern California to visit family and do … Continue reading
Weeks 9 & 10 on GAPS Intro – Life Happens
In the middle of week 9 of the GAPS Intro diet, I moved on to stage 5. The first food I introduced was two teaspoons of stewed apple mashed with ghee. It was yummy and tasted a little like apple … Continue reading
Gardening, Harvesting and Foraging
If you’ve been following my gardening efforts at all, you have read how I turned my backyard flowerbed into a raised garden this year. Here is the update I wrote about two months later. Above is a picture of how it … Continue reading
Posted in Backyard Chickens, Container Gardening, Homesteading, Organic Gardening, Real Food, Self-sufficiency, Sustainable Living
Tagged beans, blackberries, butternut squash, chives, container gardening, cucumbers, dill, flowerbed turned vegetable garden, gutter garden, onions, organic gardening, parsley, peas, real food, rosemary, self-sufficiency, vegetable garden, zucchini
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How to Make Raw Garlic Powder
I got this idea from my beautiful cousin, a fellow DIYer from Cali. When I found out she made her own garlic powder, I knew I had to find out how! A few months ago, she had a 3-hour layover … Continue reading
Posted in Do It Yourself, Homesteading, Self-sufficiency, Sustainable Living
Tagged diy, garlic, homesteading, make it yourself, make your own, raw food, raw garlic powder, real food
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Week 8 on GAPS Intro – Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
When I started the GAPS Intro diet, I absolutely did not anticipate being on it for two months, especially since I had been on the Full GAPS diet for a year. I thought for sure my digestive system was … Continue reading
Posted in GAPS, GAPS Intro Diet
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Weeks 6 and 7 on GAPS Intro – Old Habits Die Hard
I’m sorry my GAPS update is so late, but life has been a little crazy around here. Besides doing the Intro diet, I’ve been harvesting vegetables, foraging for wild blackberries, pickling cucumbers, working on tearing out the rest of my … Continue reading
Posted in Detoxing, Fibromyalgia, GAPS, GAPS Intro Diet
Tagged chronic sinus infections, fibromyalgia, GAPS, GAPS Intro diet, healing, juicing, NUCCA chiropractor, pain, swedish bitters
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Giveaway! “What Can I Eat Now?” 30 Days on GAPS Intro
If you have been following my posts lately, you know I’ve been on the GAPS Introduction diet for several weeks. One of my favorite resources, besides the GAPS book, has been the ebook “What Can I Eat Now?” 30 Days … Continue reading
Posted in GAPS, GAPS Intro Diet, Giveaways
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Butternut Squash Pancakes – A GAPS Intro Recipe
Oh my goodness! I just made these for breakfast this morning, and they were so delicious I just had to share them with you. If you have read my previous posts you know I am doing the GAPS Introduction diet … Continue reading
