Living in Montana means long, cold winters and fully embracing the first glimmer of warm spring weather. In these parts, as soon as the temperature starts creeping up into the 50's it is quite common to start seeing people out in shorts and flip flops since for us those temps feel like a heat wave. Last weekend the weather forecast called for daytime temperatures in the upper … [Read more...]
Making Tinctures and Infused Oils
Making your own herbal tinctures and infused oils at home is so easy I can't believe I never made them until now! With a few basic tips, you can start making your own infused oils and tinctures to use in your home crafting or herbal medicine chest. After our little nugget was born, another mama in town gave me the book Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susan S. … [Read more...]
Wild Huckleberry Harvest!
After checking our secret huckleberry spot up on the mountain two weeks ago, we've been counting the days until we could head back up and find a mountain covered with dark purple, juicy huckleberries. Heading up the mountain yesterday seemed like the perfect reward for finishing the painting in our back room just in time for my parent's visit this week.As we drove up the windy, … [Read more...]
Red Clover Harvest
For the last few weeks, I have been searching for red clover anytime we headed into the woods on an adventure. Growing up in Pennsylvania farm country, red clover was everywhere and was seen as an invasive weed and not a nourishing flower to harvest for medicinal purposes. Where we live in western Montana, red clover is much harder to find growing naturally. In case you’re new … [Read more...]
Wildflower Walks with Baby
This week we camped in one of our favorite archery hunting spots on top of a mountain. We figured it would be the perfect spot to camp and watch the full moon rise. Since we were at such a high elevation, the early season wildflowers were in full bloom in the alpine meadow next to camp. I have many fond memories of going on wildflower walks with my mom as a kid, something that … [Read more...]
Baby’s First River Float!
If you're an avid outdoor adventuring family pre-baby, it can be daunting to try to incorporate baby into your outdoor loving lifestyle. We were determined to keep doing the outdoor activities we love like rafting. We had quite a fun adventure taking our little nugget on her first river float and are here to tell you it is easy and can be done safely! This last weekend we took … [Read more...]
Bird Watching with Baby
As an avid bird watcher, it seems only natural that I would start teaching our little nugget about birds while she is just a baby. It is never too early to start teaching our children about the things we love. She may not understand what I am reading to her, but eventually she will be an expert little bird watcher! Meet Roberto, our resident Robin. I noticed his arrival … [Read more...]
Addendum to Antler Hunting 101
Remember our other post on how to antler hunt? I shared in that post that I found one five point elk antler but was unable to find the match. Well, we went back to the same area this week and I found the match!!!!There was only a small chance of rain today so we decided to head back to the same area we antler hunted last weekend to further explore the area. We set out hiking up … [Read more...]