2 teaspoons olive oil 1 lb of sage sausage rolled into small meat balls 4 medium Granny smith apples or another tart variety 1 tablespoon butter or Ghee 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme 2 Tablespoons maple syrup Heat 2 teaspoons of the oil in large cast iron skillet over medium heat. Form the …
For emotional wellness, we highly recommend Dale Carnegies two books How to Win Friends & Influence People https://amzn.to/2Pz5ctC and How to Stop Worrying & Start Living. https://amzn.to/2PzEilB Stress, Worry and Anxiety are a part of most people’s lives. These books are very helpful.
Homesteading Requires Seven Virtues to be Successful. I once bought a book called “Homesteading in the 21st Century”. The authors are our age but have been doing it since the 1970s. I gave the book to my daughter when she and her husband got an acre of land and chickens. However, I always remembered one …
Growing our own food is not optional. We will do it no matter what. It does not matter the cost, the time it takes nor the workload. We chose to move to a place where we could afford land. A place where there is a growing season of 190 days a year. We choose to …
Nutrition is in our hands. Grow your food. It happens all the time. Even today, when a farmer/homesteader was asked why he started his farm, the answer was. “The only way we can eat the proper food is to grow it ourselves, because the people who are supposed to be keeping our food safe, are …
Our Mission – Our Why Our Mission is birthed out of purpose, principles and conviction. We provide nourishment for our God-given body in a way that shows respect to Him and us and help others to have hope in a healthy future by the fuel they provide their body. This is our why. For too …
How Fats became Unhealthy I walked into a bakery to see if I could get a sandwich which might resemble something healthy. There on the shelf sat the cookies, pastries and bread and on their label is stated, oleo-margarine and hydrogenated shortening. How can it be? Doesn’t everyone know that those are wrong, evil, deadly? …
Why Time Management Matters Time management is crucial in order to have a successful time on your homestead. Perhaps you have a personality like ours. No matter where you live or the time of life you are in, you find yourself busy. Busy is not bad. Being too busy causes stress which causes stress on …
Heartiness Approach Newsletter – July 6, 2018 – Thank your for joining us. George Washington’s Garden and our Land America has a lot of problems. We don’t watch the news anymore, but it is still our America. If you have ever been outside the states you know how free we are. George Washington …
This is my Country, land that I love….America, America We love America. We travel and meet people and love America. While managing an independent living community my husband and I shared our lives with hundreds of seniors. They shared their lives with us. Most of the men and some of the women were Veterans. One …
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Heartiness Approach Newsletter – June 29, 2018 – Thank your for joining us. With an Oink Oink here and an Oink Oink There It was another adventure this week as we went to get our piglets for the first time. We have raised pigs before but they were kept at another person’s home …
What are Carbohydrates? If a person is going to eat the correct types of carbohydrates it is important to know what carbohydrates are. I am not talking about the chemical makeup of carbs. But when you eat something, is it a carb or a protein or what? If you are new to what is what …
Heartiness Approach Newsletter – June 22, 2018 – Thank your for joining us. Eating is a Choice with Consequences…Good or Bad Continually recommitting to eat right happens each time I run out the door without food and stop by a place to eat with the premise that I can find something healthy on …
Next week I am attending a day of girl’s camp. I am assigned to teach a class on mental and emotional wellness. When I worked with the senior population I noticed large amounts of people with anxiety and depression. It is not a lot different in our young people. What I quickly found is the …
Heartiness Approach Newsletter – June 15, 2018 – Thank your for joining us. Finding Joy in a Busy World by Rhenda Wilson Just as these poles for our Pergola stand straight and in a row, so are our lives becoming a straight line of action, and contentment. For over a week now we …
Heartiness Approach Newsletter – June 8, 2018 – Thank your for joining us. We Discussed the Stress in Our Lives This Week During our LIVE Video this week the subject of stress was brought up. Some of the remedies for stress include the following: 1. Get a good night’s sleep – Here are …
Going Back to Our Roots – Missouri holds a secret for us. It appears we have gone back to our roots by moving to Missouri. Jim and I research our past family history regularly. We are very interested in the genealogy of our family. We knew we have roots on both sides of our family …
Heartiness Approach Newsletter – June 1, 2018 – Thank your for joining us. Good health requires good digestion. The digestive system goes from the mouth to the anus. It is one continuous tube with pockets, inlets, and outlets. Everything we put in our mouth should have a purpose. It needs to either provides …
What is it like to realize you are in your 60s. Surely you were just a teenager then married and then with small children. But no. Those children are grown with children of their own. And you are in your 60s. But that is okay because you don’t feel like it. There was in time …
Heartiness Approach May 25th, 2018 Let’s Get Ridiculous! The only way to change your results is to change what you are doing. At 66 going on 67 and 64 going on 65, we are in better shape than we were in our fifties. And we are getting better. This did not happen because we continued to …
Lifestyle Changes help us Graduate to a higher level. Habits and Behaviors are intertwined and the goal is to change one area and then another and another. But wait, that sounds like we want you to be perfect and that will cause more stress in your life. We don’t expect perfection. We want you to …
Graduations Everywhere – Graduate to a Higher Lifestyle? Read More »
Heartiness Approach May 18th, 2018 Courage Against The Difficult Deciding to move was not easy but the deciding was easier than the moving. In Oregon, we lived on a beautiful property. Our growing of garden and animals was very successful. The main reason for our decision to move was a need for sustainability. …
This article was written by Rhenda when she turned 60. It is one of the first chapters in her book, Voices From My Heart. As a nurse working with people older than myself, I hear it time after time. I don’t belong in a place like this. These people are old. They are in wheel …
