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Is Your Soil Healthy?

Liz James · April 12, 2022 ·

I found this cutie in our garden today. She’s a salamander! It’s the first one I’ve found in the 27 years we’ve lived on our farm.

We’ve worked really hard to keep our farm as chemical free as possible, and finding little critters like her living in the soil makes me extremely content and happy.

Salamanders have extremely absorbent skin, and are very sensitive to chemicals because of this trait. Pesticides, herbicides, really… any chemicals will kill or injured them. More than half the world’s salamander species are on the endangered species list.

I have no idea what species this little one is? Maybe one of you know? I’m just thankful that she’s here (ha ha! Maybe she’s actually a he

?) She’s our canary in the coalmine….. evidence that we are treating our farm with the love and respect it requires to be healthy from the ground up.

Here’s a little more info on salamanders:

https://www.savethesalamanders.com/

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Mushroom Hunting

Liz James · April 7, 2022 ·

Hunting safely for mushrooms is on my bucket list. I have a couple books, but this is something I wouldn’t dare do without a seasoned mushroom hunter guide. Have any of ya’ll ever harvested wild mushrooms? Here in Texas I’m not even sure we have any wild edible ones.

Someday….. I will!

https://www.motherearthnews.com/…/hunt-for-wild…/…

Introducing Einkorn Crunch

Liz James · April 1, 2022 ·

Young Living’s Skyrider Wilderness Ranch will debut its brand-new Einkorn Crunch starting today!!!, April 1, on YoungLiving.com

I can’t wait to try it!

Einkorn Crunch is the kind of grab-and-go snack that’s ready to eat anywhere and requires no prep for tasty nourishment perfectly suited for any outdoor adventure. Each 12-pack comes with a dozen individually packaged, 1.4-ounce portions—making it easy to take them along on your next outdoor adventure.

Sourced from both our farm in France and from our Skyrider Wilderness Ranch, a rugged paradise nestled at the foot of the Uinta Mountains, Einkorn Crunch represents the mission of Skyrider to bring the West to your door while serving as a sanctuary for wild animals. Your purchase of Eincorn Crunch 12-pack supports our Young Living farms, and a portion of each order will go specifically to Skyrider’s efforts to protect and rehabilitate populations of wild desert bighorn sheep in desperate need of help. Einkorn Crunch 12-packs will be available at YoungLiving.com for a limited time while supplies last.

Skyrider Wilderness Ranch Einkorn Crunch, 12 pk.

Retail: $25.99

Wholesale Pricing: $19.75

PV: 4

Product contents: Einkorn Crunch (12 1.4-ounce packs)

Ordering: Shop orders only

Limit: No limit, while supplies last

Who can order: U.S. brand partners and customers

To order: https://yl.pe/beablessing

Weather Prepping

Liz James · March 31, 2022 ·

We live in north Texas and the “in like a lion and out like a lamb (with everything in between

!)” is certainly a possibility in nearly any given week in the Spring. And yet, we love where we live in spite of the “wait an hour and see what the weather’s got planned” springtime drama. We had just such a night a few days ago

This Mother Earth News article is a great reminder on preparedness. At the end of the article there is a nifty list of what to have easily available on hand.

One of the highly suggested items is a first aid kit, medication, and any special need health items. I’ve personally created my own first aid kit that is pretty exclusively YL essential oil based. Have you done this too? Let me say……. it’s saved our keesters on more than one occasion!

Categories of interest you might consider when you build your kit:

bites and stings