Author Archives: Susan

The Medicine of Chamomile

Posted on October 23, 2010 by

Today we are excited to have a guest herbal columnist on our site today. Kiva Rose is a well-known herbal blogger, and co-founder of the Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference. Kiva is finally coming out with her secrets of how … Continue reading →

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Now This is Eating Locally

Posted on September 18, 2010 by

Here at the RiverRest we get our food from basically three sources. We have a garden where we grow organic vegetables and fruits. We raise chickens and ducks for meat and eggs. What we don’t raise ourselves we either do … Continue reading →

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Stop Mountaintop Removal, Help Save Coal River Mountain!

Posted on November 6, 2009 by

America’s Most Endangered Mountain- Coal River Mountain! Coal River Mountain could be a clean energy wind farm- or a 6,600 acre mountaintop removal wasteland. Continue reading →

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Home Made Yogurt

Posted on October 31, 2009 by

There are many things that folks have lost the knowledge of. Like making the simple things. I just made yogurt. Right here in my kitchen. Continue reading →

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The Care of Ducks

Posted on September 13, 2009 by

I feed ducklings a home mix of starter feed. I also supplement their diet with milk, yogurt, scrambled eggs, veggies, chicken scratch, oatmeal and other goodies Continue reading →

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