Herb Lady’s Helping the Homeless

Hey, y’all! I sure hope ya had a blessed holiday season with yer family and special friends!

Herb Lady is happy to say she enjoyed a mighty fine Christmas and New Year, with her family and friends.

Now, for Pete’s sake, I can’t figur out why I’m a talkin’ in 3rd person! Ha!

On a serious note, I ain’t been blogging ‘bout herbs lately’ ‘cause I’ve been busying myself helpin’ the homeless in these here parts.

Fer Christmas, we took some goody bags to the homeless. This wasn’t fer necessity, but to let ‘em know they aren’t fergotten. A many of ‘em nearly dropped their purty bag of bread, cookies, and candy, when they saw that there Christmas card just fer them!

Now, we’re also workin’ on the necessities – we’re makin’ toiletry bags fer the homeless. They’re needin’ all kinds of stuff to make ‘em feel good and clean and loved!

We already taken ‘em some crocheted and fleece scarves and hats.

and…

Prayer Pillows

Kevin, a homeless man, gave us his permission to share his story with y’all so you can see that all homeless aren’t addicts, alcoholics, or mentally ill. A lot of people are homeless these days ‘cause they lost their job and ain’t been able to find more work, that’s all.

You can read about Kevin on our ministry site: Putting a Face on Homelessness.

We’re also workin’ hard on raisin’ money fer Momma’s Houses. I want to be them there folks’ momma and help get ‘em back on track.

We need at least $80,000 to buy our first building. We’re still needin’ $79,928.22 to reach our goal. Our electronic fundraiser ends January 27th – we’re in a hurry ‘cause we don’t want someone else to get the building and because the homeless are out in them there bitter cold streets, a freezin’!

Ya can’t just give ‘em an herb or cup of hot tea, we need to heal their heart and troubles and get ‘em on their feet!

If ya ain’t comfortable donating over the Web, you can also write to us at the following address:

Highways and Byways Ministries

P.O. Box 115

Diggins, MO 65636

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King Orchards Montmorency Tart Cherries + a Surprise Fer Ya

How’s the Herb Lady’s readers a doin’? Hope yer all stayin’ healthy (or tryin’ to get there)!

Life is still as busy as ever on this here Amish farm. The homesteading blog is a comin’, I tell ya. It’s just takin’ a while with all that’s a goin’ on.

I have excitin’ news fer ya, but first I wanted to catch ya up on the latest stuff I’ve writ over on the website:

1. Herbal Tea Fer Makin’ Ya Happy
2. Tea Fer Makin’ Yer Man Happy
3. Essiac Blend Tea Fer Cantankerous Cancer

And did ya know I’m on that there electronic social media stuff? Yep! YouTube Channel, Facebook page, and Twitter

The Excitin’ News

The nice folks over at King Orchards opened up them there big ole hearts of theirs and sent me a package of their Michigan-grown Montmorency tart cherry products my way to review. That’s right. Herb Lady’s gonna be reviewing their Montmorency Tart Cherry Concentrate, Montmorency Dried Tart Cherries, and Montmorency Tart Cherry Preserves.

King Orchards Package

Nutrition & Other Info

All in a Row!

Thanks King Orchards!

Reviews of the Montmorency Tart Cherry products are a comin’ up – with loads of pictures!!

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Plus a Surprise

Yep, I have a surprise to share with y’all and it’s a gooden too — but ya have to come back to find out what it is. Now, that’s a little rotten and sneaky of me, but a hillbilly woman’s gotta do what she’s gotta do.

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Solar Greenhouse: Eco-Friendly Living

Hey, y’all!

How’s the Herb Lady’s readers doing? Have ya built yer wood fire yet and snuggled up under yer favorite, fuzzy throw? I ain’t been cold ’cause I ain’t had time to sit down. Busy, I’ve been!

Well, I’m gettin’ caught up on what I wanted to share with ya (and I’ve been busy gettin’ new business cards and all kinds of good stuff, that I’ll be sharin’ right here soon).

Anyway, last time I told y’all about that eco-friendly dome home I seen when I went to the Sustainable Living Survival Fair.

And today I’m showing ya the solar greenhouse I saw - that’s right, solar greenhouse! Check it out fer yerself!

Solar Greenhouse

Rainbow Chard

Banana Tree!

Can you imagine all the possibilities with a solar greenhouse? Look at those beautiful plants growing! What would ya grow in yer solar greenhouse? Do yahave a greenhouse? Do ya want one?

More pictures and information comin’ in the next post!

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Survival Fair: Sustainable Living

Hey, everbody! Herb Lady’s been busy as a bee working hard (and I DO mean HARD) at festivals and outdoor markets, selling herbs and stuff.

Sustainable livin’ is something the ole Herb Lady has been interested in for a long, long time. I’ve stared at magazines and read and re-read articles about it. I’ve worked hard toward learnin’ more about it so I can someday be self-sustainable.

A local Survival Fair recently popped up in our neck of the woods. I went, and thought you might like to see what it was like!

There’s too many pictures and too much neat stuff to share in this here one post, so I’ll share  more in the next ones. In this one, I’d like to tell ya about the eco-friendly Dome Home….

Eco-Friendly Dome Home

Woodburning Stove

Dome Home Loft

Eco-Friendly Sink

What’s so neat about this here sink is that the barrel contains rain water. Purdy neat, if I do say so myself!

Western Decorations

Composting Toilet

Sink

Shower

Back Door

More pictures and information comin’ in the next post!

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