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What Would Happen if You Lived on Raw Milk Alone?
Theoretically, milk has everything you need to survive. So what would happen if you consumed nothing but raw milk? Milk is a miracle....
Hilary Elmer
Feb 28, 20254 min read


Dry Beans--the Affordable Unprocessed Food, and Pork Chili Recipe
Why is it that the more heavily processed and unhealthy food is, the cheaper it is? That's so not fair! Sometimes it seems like you can't...
Hilary Elmer
Feb 21, 20254 min read


Barn Kitties
Every barn needs a cat. At least one cat. More is better. Who else is going to greet you on a cold morning in the barn with purrs and...
Hilary Elmer
Feb 14, 20254 min read


Dairying: Your Easy, Relaxing and Inexpensive New Hobby
Can you imagine anything better than free raw milk for the rest of your life? You should get a dairy cow or goat. Keeping a dairy animal...
Hilary Elmer
Feb 7, 20255 min read


Colloidal Silver: the Gut Friendly Antibiotic
Antibiotics have saved countless millions of lives since Alexander Fleming created penicillin in 1928. Prior to antibiotics, an infection...
Hilary Elmer
Jan 31, 20256 min read


Cooking with Cast Iron (and Dutch Baby Recipe)
If you want to make a meal that feels homey and rustic, cook it in cast iron! My collection of cast iron pans. Cast iron pans are great...
Hilary Elmer
Jan 24, 20255 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...
Hilary Elmer
Jan 17, 20258 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...
Hilary Elmer
Jan 10, 20258 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...
Hilary Elmer
Jan 3, 20256 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...
Hilary Elmer
Dec 20, 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...
Hilary Elmer
Dec 13, 20244 min read


Can Milk be Grass Fed During the Winter?
People often ask me, "How do you grass feed animals when there is 3 feet of snow on the ground?" Can animals be grass fed during the...
Hilary Elmer
Dec 6, 20244 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?...
Hilary Elmer
Nov 29, 20246 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...
Hilary Elmer
Nov 22, 20243 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...
Hilary Elmer
Nov 16, 20244 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...
Hilary Elmer
Nov 8, 20243 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...
Hilary Elmer
Nov 1, 20241 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...
Hilary Elmer
Oct 25, 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...
Hilary Elmer
Oct 18, 20244 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...
Hilary Elmer
Oct 11, 20243 min read
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