Rustic Roots: Apothecary & Homesteading

Rustic Roots: Apothecary & Homesteading Your neighborhood Mom bringing back the old and forgotten ways of simple living.

What do you do when the grocer has mushrooms 75% off?BUY THEM ALL and can 'em!What do you do when you have a half pot of...
10/23/2025

What do you do when the grocer has mushrooms 75% off?

BUY THEM ALL and can 'em!

What do you do when you have a half pot of "mushroom water" left over?

Throw in your frozen veggie scraps and whip up vegetable stock!

9 half pints of mushrooms and 7 pints of vegetables stock....all for $6.00 😏

10/08/2025

Are you ready for cold & flu season? No time like the present to get yourself stocked up!
😷🤒🤧
I have 4oz jars of ferments (onion, garlic or ginger) and 8oz bottles of fire cider and pineapple cough & mucus juice ready to go!
Message me for details ✉

Our wild Saturday night.... 21 jars of pickled of pickled beets. Ready to wash and put up. Reused our jars and had ZERO...
10/05/2025

Our wild Saturday night.... 21 jars of pickled of pickled beets. Ready to wash and put up. Reused our jars and had ZERO seals fail 😎

Theirs vs Mine, Tomato Soup Edition Their ingredients: Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), water, wheat flour, sugar, Co...
10/04/2025

Theirs vs Mine, Tomato Soup Edition

Their ingredients: Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), water, wheat flour, sugar, Contains less than 2% of: salt, potassium salt, natural flavoring, citric acid, absorbing acid (vitamin C), celery extract, garlic oil.
Contains: Wheat.

CONTAINS A BIOENGINEERED FOOD INGREDIENT. THE SUGAR IN THIS PRODUCT COMES FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS.

Cost: approximately $1.24/can

Mine: Tomatoes, basil, celery, sweet onion, fresh squeezed lemon juice.

Cost: approximately $0.13/ half pint.

Put up the rest of our September eggs today in preparation for holiday baking!We have been averaging 5 eggs a day from o...
10/03/2025

Put up the rest of our September eggs today in preparation for holiday baking!

We have been averaging 5 eggs a day from our ladies, and not all of them have reached laying age yet. We should have a good and steady supply come spring!

1/2 bushel of tomatoes yielded me 19 pints of diced tomatoes plus 1 and 1 1/2 pints of tomato water.
09/29/2025

1/2 bushel of tomatoes yielded me 19 pints of diced tomatoes plus 1 and 1 1/2 pints of tomato water.

Would ya look at that fresh homemade creamcheese. Just look at it!
09/26/2025

Would ya look at that fresh homemade creamcheese.

Just look at it!

Hot off the stove!Pickled Red Onions I used a mandolin to slice the onions, using all 3 settings for varied crunch. Then...
09/23/2025

Hot off the stove!

Pickled Red Onions

I used a mandolin to slice the onions, using all 3 settings for varied crunch. Then, I packed the hell out of pint size jars making sure to get all the thicknesses of onion in each. (You should leave 1/2 inch head space, but I ended up with less than a half jar at the end and REALLY packed em in 😆).

I gave each jar 6-8 whole peppercorns, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and a pinch of sea salt. (My remaining 6 jars I also added 1 tablespoon of smokey bbq seasoning and 1/8 teaspoon of liquid smoke).

For the brine, I boiled equal parts of white vinegar and water. Carefully topped each jar with brine, then wiped the rims. I placed the lids and turned the rings "finger tight" to prevent the lids from buckling.

In to my already hot water bather! For a batch that isn't full, place a towel in to prevent the jars from clanking. Keep in the waterbath for 10 minutes after boiling resumes.

When finished, place on a towel in an area they can be undisturbed for 24 hours. After that time, remove the rings, wash the jars, label and store. Replace rings to any jars that didn't seal and move them to the refrigerator to be used first.

Enjoy!

P.S. Clutch your pearls all you want, but remember: my kitchen, my rules!

Another day, another jar
09/22/2025

Another day, another jar

No time like the present to sort seeds!
09/17/2025

No time like the present to sort seeds!

09/15/2025

Tincture time!

Artemisia vulgaris, also known as wormwood or mugwort, has many medicinal & culinary and uses, as well as historically used as a bitter and flavoring agent in beer making. Tonight, I am topping off my jar with 80proof vodka. I will shake this everyday for a week and let sit an additional 4-5 before straining (shaking when I remember).

This is considered a highly invasive plant, not recommend to add to your home garden. This can be sustainably harvested* by creeks and fields.

*Be sure you have have permission to be on the land, and it is a NO SPRAY area at least 30 feet from the road.

Watch out, it's a wild Saturday night over here!
09/07/2025

Watch out, it's a wild Saturday night over here!

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