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Amy K Fewell | Homesteading for the Kingdom

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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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