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Hilary Elmer
21 hours ago8 min read
3 Fasts to Transform Your Health, part 3: 2 to 5 day Fasts
The previous two blog posts focused on shorter, easier forms of fasting: Eating in a Window , and One Day Fasts . It is wise to start...
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Hilary Elmer
Jan 108 min read
3 Fasts to Transform Your Health, part 2: One Day Fasts
Last week's blog instroduced the simplest form of fasting, which is "eating in a window", or restricting your eating to an 8 to 10 hour...
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Hilary Elmer
Jan 36 min read
3 Fasts to Transform Your Health, part 1: Eating in a Window
Fasting is one of the most powerful tools to achieve and maintain good health. Since I started fasting almost two years ago, it keeps...
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Hilary Elmer
Dec 20, 20244 min read
Thank you, Dad
My dad had two daughters, no sons. He didn't need a son, he had me. Before I had kids, I was the best. mom. ever . I knew exactly how I...
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Hilary Elmer
Dec 13, 20244 min read
People Blame Bill Gates While Dumping Milk Down Their Sinks
A new controversial practice is creeping into the dairy industry. What does it mean for you as a consumer? Cow Farts and Climate Change...
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Hilary Elmer
Dec 6, 20244 min read
Can Milk be Grass Fed During the Winter?
People often ask me, Â "How do you grass feed animals when there is 3 feet of snow on the ground?" Can animals be grass fed during the...
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Hilary Elmer
Nov 29, 20246 min read
Root Cellaring: The Lazy Gardener's Other Alternative to Canning
Do you think that if you grow the majority of your food, you have to do tons of canning and/or freezing every year to put up the harvest?...
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Hilary Elmer
Nov 22, 20243 min read
Cider Cured Ham Recipe (Chemical Free!)
Do you love a good ham, but hate the chemicals  that inundate our food?  You don't have to put up with questionable ingredients in your...
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Hilary Elmer
Nov 16, 20244 min read
Top 5 Essential Oils I Couldn't Live Without
If you want medicine from nature , and not from a laboratory, then you will love essential oils. Essential oils are for more than just...
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Hilary Elmer
Nov 8, 20243 min read
My Happily Ever After
We all want to be happy . It's crazy to wake up one day and realize that the thing you have spent decades looking forward to is your...
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Hilary Elmer
Nov 1, 20241 min read
Maple BBQ Sauce Recipe
If you buy the best quality pasture raised pork, dress it with equally good bbq sauce. This sauce takes about 5 minutes to whip up and...
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Hilary Elmer
Oct 25, 20244 min read
How I Stopped Being Gluten Intolerant
Home made bread, hot out of the oven, with butter and honey. Mmm... I used to make bread every week with home ground, organic whole...
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Hilary Elmer
Oct 18, 20244 min read
The Truth About Pigs
Pigs are amazing animals. After raising pigs for almost 10 years I have learned to appreciate how fun, intelligent and adaptable they...
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Hilary Elmer
Oct 11, 20243 min read
An Apple a Day
You've heard the saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Do you think there is any truth to it? We sort of take apples for...
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Hilary Elmer
Oct 4, 20244 min read
The Critical Role of Gut Health (and How your Gut is Like a Hamster Cage)
Did you know that you are home to trillions of microbes? These microbes live on you and in you and they affect you, for better or worse....
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Hilary Elmer
Sep 20, 20244 min read
Fermented Tomato Paste: The Easy Way to Put Up Abundant Tomatoes
Guilty gardeners. Those are gardeners who exuberantly plant a big garden in the spring, wait in eager anticipation as the little plants...
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Hilary Elmer
Sep 13, 20244 min read
Meet Lardons, the French Secret to Amazing Flavor.
How do you spell flavor? F. A. T. Lest you think that adding flavor--er, fat--to your food is a guilty pleasure, let me reassure you. I...
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Hilary Elmer
Sep 6, 20243 min read
Turn Any Grill into a Cold Smoker (& Maple Bacon Recipe)
You scored some pork belly. You found a recipe for how to cure it, chemical free ( see below ). Then you despair, because you really want...
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Hilary Elmer
Aug 30, 20247 min read
Fermenting: the Lazy Gardener's Alternative to Canning
If you want to enjoy veggies from your garden or the farmers' market year round, does that mean that you have to spend hours and hours...
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Hilary Elmer
Aug 23, 20246 min read
The Savvy Mom's Guide to Animal Product Labels
You are walking down the meat section at the grocery store and you see a package of chicken that says " All Natural! No Antibiotics! Cage...
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