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Enter to Win!! | Stacy Lyn’s Harvest Cookbook and The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion by Amy Fewell

March 24, 2018 · In: Book Review, family, Featured, gardening, herbs, natural living

Are you ready to take your garden to the next level this year? Here’s your chance to learn how to grow an incredible vegetable and herb garden for the ultimate gardening experience! You’ll also learn how to put those harvests to good use with recipes, products, and more!

Homesteader and sustainable living expert, Stacy Lyn Harris and I have teamed up to bring you a basket full of information, and a great way to harvest your bounty this year! Not only will you enjoy the books, but you’ll enjoy the Maine Garden Hod Basket from Lehman’s Hardware!

Stacy Lyn Harris, co-host of The Sporting Chef, shares her tips and more than 100 recipes for food from the garden, pasture, woods, and water

With nine mouths to feed on a daily basis, Alabama chef Stacy Lyn Harris keeps it simple, but doesn’t skimp on elegance. Her seven kids enjoy homegrown food, prepared beautifully and sustainably thanks to a few chickens in the back, a year-round kitchen garden, milk from a dairy farmer just outside of town, and locally-sourced free-range meats. Always served up in Stacy Lyn’s rustic-refined style, her dishes are classic Old South, but with a fresh, healthy, beautiful twist.

Featuring full-color photos, Stacy Lyn’s Harvest Cookbook includes more than 100 field- and farm-to-table recipes that meet her three-part criteria: family friendly (easy, with simple ingredients), fresh, and tasty. There are cherished family recipes, free-range meat dishes derived from her husband’s hunting obsession, and lighter takes on decidedly southern classics all prepared simply, in the freshest way possible. The book covers food from the garden, pasture, woods, and water in four sections: The Garden features Fried Green Tomatoes, Jalapeño Poppers, Corn Chowder, Fried Squash with Tomatoes and Pesto, and other recipes to make you wish it was summer all year long. Beyond the Garden delves into beekeeping and raising chickens for an amazing Honey Butter to pour over Cinnamon Pear Buns and your favorite Egg Salad Sandwiches with Refrigerator Pickles. From the Pasture focuses on free-range, pasture-fed game recipes like Braised Short Ribs, Black-Eyed Pea Gumbo, and Juicy Pork Chops, plus a how-to on sausage-making. Seafood and Fish includes Stacy Lyn’s favorite entertaining recipes, Best Ever Clam Bake and Perfect Fish Tacos.

Included are 15 how to articles sprinkled throughout the book offer steps for cooking and eating sustainably in any setting including container gardening, saving seeds, preserving, foraging, composting and more.

You can read a more in-depth book review, with an amazing venison recipe, by clicking here.

 

Praise For Stacy Lyn’s Harvest Cookbook

“These recipes grabbed me, and I was almost too hungry to finish writing this blurb. Stacy Lyn took me back to Sunday Suppers at my Granny’s when I was growing up. Whether you’re a farmer, a hunter, an avid gardener, or just a lover of really good food, you’ll be drawn in by Stacy Lyn’s Harvest. She’s the real deal!” —Carla Hall, Chef, Co-Host ABC’s The Chew, and Author of, Cooking with Love and Carla’s Comfort Food.
 
After having spent the past few years working with her on The Sporting Chef TV show, I vebeen able to get to know the behind the scenes Stacy Lyn Harris. From the moment I took my first bite of her Venison Scaloppine, I was hooked on Stacy for life. 
This book captures the essence of Stacy Lyn Harris sustainable lifestyle, devotion to her faith and family and true love of incredible, yet uncomplicated cuisine.– Scott Leysath, best selling author and host of the award-winning show The Sporting Chef.
 
“Stacy Lyn and I have a long-standing love of sustainable living and blurring the lines between the indoors and out. But I’ve always thought she shined the brightest when creating recipes in the kitchen. With this cookbook, she gives traditional Southern recipes a fresh, modern take with lighter ingredients. My soul is singing with happiness.” —P. Allen Smith, lifestyle expert, author and host of PBS series P. Allen Smith s Garden to Table, P. Allen Smith s Garden Home, and Garden Style. 
 
If you’re thinking that Alabama native Stacy Lyn Harris’ Harvest is merely a collection of well-worn Southern classics, you’d be wrong. Sure, her Southern charm shines throughout the book, but Harris’ range and depth in the kitchen will open up all sorts of new culinary worlds for your own harvest — whether it’s from the field, the water or the forest. –Hank Shaw, author of three cookbooks and the James Beard Award-winning website Hunter Angler Gardener Cook.
 
With simplicity and style, Stacy Lyn s Harvest Cookbook is an exquisite collection of tasty recipes, tips and how to s that will inspire you to play in the dirt, seek out nature, and get into the kitchen. She has a gift for simplifying the process of growing your own garden, and illustrating how tasty free-range and pasture-fed meats are when prepared the right way. Even if you don t do it yourself, Stacy Lyn will open your eyes to the beauty and benefits of sourcing local at farmers markets and local farms to find the freshest ingredients, and put the most delectable food on your table. Page after enlightening page, Harvest is a must have for anyone who savors fresh flavors! —Dana Popoff: Producer. Good Eats & Feasting on… Series with Alton Brown/Food Network & Cooking Thin with Kathleen Daelemans/ Food Network, and Rusty’s RockFeast: On the Road with Zac Brown Band/FYI Network.

 

The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion is a beautiful guide for the modern day homesteader. From learning how to incorporate herbs and essential oils around your home, to learning how to enhance your family’s health and well-being, this book is the go-to guide for those wishing to live a more natural homesteading lifestyle. This book takes readers through the basics of herbalism, including the different types of herbs and the uses for them around the homestead. It also breaks down how herbs are used in tinctures, salves, essential oils, and infused oils. Better yet, if you’re a homesteader with livestock, you’ll learn how to maintain their health holistically as well.

With an array of beautiful photos and easy to read terminology, just about any homesteader, new or seasoned, can learn from The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion, and finally feel comfortable incorporating the many wonderful qualities of herbs around their homes.

 

Praise for The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion

“…The overriding word that kept coming to my mind as I read Amy’s manuscript was FREEDOM. The whole homesteader and DIY  movement screams FREEDOM. The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion is both comprehensive and enjoyable. Amy skates perfectly down the middle between science and art; what a joy to have a book like this as a resource for both beginners and old hands. If you’ve never ventured into the world of herbs, you’ll find this book drawing you in and before you know it, I’m sure you’ll be dipping your toe in this exciting pool of wisdom. The historical contexts are an enjoyable read by themselves. Thank you, Amy, for bringing into our lives, our homes, our families such a wealth of freedom.” — Joel Salatin; Foreword, The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion

“Finally! A herbal handbook for homesteaders, written by a homesteader! Amy is the real-deal and knows this topic inside and out. This is the book I could have used years ago, and I’m thrilled to have it now.” — Jill Winger, blogger at theprairiehomestead.com

“Amy makes herbalism not only easy to understand, but also inspiringly charming. Easy methods, dosages, and instructions make herbalism doable, even for the average person.” — Shaye Elliott, author of Welcome to the Farm and Family Table

“Amy’s passion and love for natural, healthy living on the homestead is evident from this beautifully written guide to “everything herbal!” There is no better herbal book necessary to the homesteader’s arsenal than The Homesteading Herbal Companion. Amy’s inspirational and conversational instruction makes this book not only a reference book, but also an intimate journey into a homesteaders use of herbs medicinally, in the kitchen, and even on the farm. This book belongs in every home whether on a 100-acre farm or an apartment in Manhattan. It’s a must-have for anyone wanting to live a more healthy and natural life. This gorgeous book will be a classic!” — Stacy Lyn Harris; Co-Host The Sporting Chef and Rural Heritage/ Author of Best-Selling Books: Tracking the Outdoors In and Stacy Lyn’s Harvest Cookbook/ Founder of Game and Garden.
 
“The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion makes using herbs even more achievable! Filled with inspiring recipes and photographs, Amy presents the harmonious relationship between our homesteads and the herbs we can grow on them!”  — Quinn Veon, blogger at reformationacres.com

“. . . a valuable resource for the beginner and the novice who wish to seek natural remedies.” — Doug and Stacy Colbert, Off Grid with Doug and Stacy

 

Enter to Win:

• Stacy Lyn’s Harvest Cookbook by Stacy Lyn Harris
• The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion by Amy K. Fewell
• Lehman’s Main Garden Hod Basket

 

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By: Amy K. Fewell · In: Book Review, family, Featured, gardening, herbs, natural living · Tagged: Amy K. Fewell, giveaway, Stacy Lyn Harris, Stacy Lyn's Harvest Cookbook, The Homesteader's Herbal Companion

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  1. Deborah Williams says

    April 25, 2018 at 1:05 pm

    Would love both of these books…they have been on my wish list!!

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Most of America sees the onion as nothing more tha Most of America sees the onion as nothing more than a flavor enhancer for a weeknight dinner. But the mighty onion is so much more than that.

Throughout history, Allium cepa has been used medicinally. European herbalists recognized its antiseptic and diuretic properties long ago. In Germany, it's even been approved for limited treatment of arterial hardening. And historically, onion was cooked in milk and eaten to clear congestion in the lungs.

So why does this humble kitchen staple work so well? It comes down to sulphur. The onion breaks down the mucus membranes in your body—you already know this, because it's exactly why you cry when you cut one. That same sulphur is what makes onion so fabulous for coughs, colds, and congestion, and it gently breaks through barriers in the body—thinning lung mucus, reaching ear infections, and drawing infection out of boils and cysts.

A few of the ways we use it around our home:

🧅 Cough syrup — Thinly slice a raw onion into a jar, cover with raw honey, and let it sit. After 3 hours you'll see a thin syrup forming, but wait the full 24 hours for the most potency. Strain, refrigerate, and it keeps practically indefinitely.

🧅 Onion on the feet — For nighttime coughs, place raw onion slices on the soles with a cloth, cover with a sock, and leave overnight. The sulphur absorbs through the skin and works while you sleep.

🧅 Earaches — Warm an onion, wrap it in a thin cloth, and rest it against the ear. Gentler than oils in the canal, especially for little ones.

🧅 Boils & cysts — A warm onion wrapped over the area overnight helps draw the infection to a head so it can drain.

🧅 Sore throat — Wrapping raw onion slices against the throat for a few hours (overnight is best) has helped many people.

The next time you're staring at that onion thinking it's only good for seasoning, remember—you've got a master medicinal plant sitting right in your kitchen. One that's been used for centuries. One you can grow right in your own garden bed.

Full breakdown—including the hour-by-hour extraction timeline—is on the blog. 

Comment ONION and I’ll send it straight to your DMs
Turn the tv off. Put the phone down (seriously, no Turn the tv off.
Put the phone down (seriously, not figuratively).

Stop filtering everything through what you know and have experienced. Start filtering things through the realization that you actually don’t know everything. You can learn something new. Maybe that thing that makes you uncomfortable is really just stretching you. Maybe that conversation that made you mad really just exposed a part of you. Maybe the inconvenient interruption just shows you a place where you need to be refined.

There are few daily things in life that need your attention. 
Jesus.
Your spouse.
Your children.
Your home.
Your immediate circle of relationships. 
Your work.

In that order.

Not your desires. Not your reels. Not your video games. Not your “me time”. Don’t get me wrong, those things can be included. But they aren’t the main thing.

If you can sit down and spend an hour scrolling through reels or talking to your friend, but you can’t sit down for an hour straight and talk to your kids without feeling inconvenienced—that’s a problem. 

If you can accomplish 15 hours of work in a day but you ignore your spouse because you’re tired and just want to veg out—that’s a problem. 

If you can do “all the things” but don’t make time for Jesus, even if your kids are a distraction—there’s a problem. 

It’s ok to say “I’m tired and need help,” or “I can’t do this the same way anymore.” It’s ok to admit mistakes and change methods. It’s ok to be tired while admitting you love to work. It’s ok to step back from relationships that drain you. It’s ok to take a break when you need to. It’s ok to set boundaries.

But it’s not ok to stay there. 

It’s not ok to quit.

Faithfulness and steadfastness is the key. 
Rest is the key. 
Avoidance and feeding your flesh is not. 

That’s a hard pill to swallow—for ALL of us. 

May we evaluate our lives always. May we show ourselves, and others, grace as we grow together.
Do you know what the body of Christ widely forgets Do you know what the body of Christ widely forgets in their denominations, “7 mountains” of culture, and talks about “taking territory”? The farmer and the land. 

More than half of the Bible talks about being a steward. It talks about taking land and possessing territory (physically and spiritually, they are not disconnected). It talks about food and provision. We turned the verse that says a man should provide for his family into a talk about tithing and having a corporate job. But that’s not at all what scripture meant. It meant provision—food, wellness, housing, and yes, an income to help provide. Food and land touch ALL spheres of culture. And it has been defiled. It’s time for it to be redeemed. 

In the charismatic cultural talk, we talk about multiple spheres of culture….except agriculture and land possession. Wouldn’t you think that would be one of the biggest spheres of culture? But just as the world has forgotten the farmer and what man was created to do—so has much of the church. 

Psalms says the earth belongs to the Lord.
Genesis says man should subdue the earth. 
The entire Old Testament is about taking territory of the land (God gives it). 
Jesus uses parable after parable rooted in farming and agriculture. Why? Because they were always an agrarian culture rooted in Yahweh and His provision and commands. 

If My people who are called by My name humble themselves and turn from their evil ways—I will heal their LAND. 

The EARTH waits for what? The sons and daughters of God to rise up! “For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.” You can find that in Romans 8. 

The kingdom of God has never just been about spiritual things. It has never just been about spiritual gifts and church services. It has always, always, been about the earth, the stewards God created, and the authority we have in Jesus to subdue and expand. The earth WILL YIELD to us. 

You want to change the culture? Make it agrarian again. Then watch and s
@highlowfarm sent us some of their incredible home @highlowfarm sent us some of their incredible homestead products, and I had to take advantage of this delicious maple cream they sent! It screamed “ice coffee”, to me. 

The amount of time and work that goes into anything “maple” always astounds me.

There are so many farms and homesteads that are taking a heavy hit from the lack of production and drought this year. Consider supporting them even before conference! But be sure to check them out at the @homesteadersofamerica event too. 

Check the stories the rest of this week for some of the other goodies they sent! And go to their page @highlowfarm to grab some of their products!
What if your batch of broilers dies? What if you c What if your batch of broilers dies? What if you can’t order chicks through the mail? Or what if you just need a better option to grow meat throughout the year?

Cornish Cross and other fast-growing hybrids can be incredibly efficient when they are raised during the right window. They grow quickly, fill the freezer, and allow a family to produce a large amount of meat in a relatively short time.

But that does not mean they are the right bird for the hottest part of summer.

Heritage and slower-growing birds require more patience, but many of them are better equipped to forage, tolerate changing weather, and move through the hotter months without the same level of management required by a heavy meat hybrid.

The answer is not necessarily choosing one breed over the other.
The answer may be using both, in an efficient system.

Raise the fast-growing birds during the cooler spring and fall months. Raise the slower, more durable birds during summer to help ensure you always have meat in the freezer even if the broilers fail. Stagger your batches so that you are not processing every chicken on the homestead during one exhausting weekend.

This is the difference between buying chickens and building a meat-production system.

One is an annual project.
The other is part of a resilient household food plan.

I laid out the complete two-breed system, including seasonal timelines, breed options, staggered batches, processing schedules, and a backup strategy, in my newest article.

🐓Comment SYSTEM and I’ll send the article directly to your inbox!

Save this post as you begin planning next year’s meat birds.

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