14 Essential Herbs & Remedies from Our Remote Alaskan Homestead | Off Grid Herbal Apothecary
This week on the homestead we restocked the herbal apothecary and are showing you what we keep on hand after 10+ years homesteading! We crafted a new batch of fire cider, 3 different syrups, tinctures, infused honeys, and tea blends. We also caught up on some firewood, cooked salmon over the fire, and baked a delicious chocolate rye sourdough.
Next week we will be doing a cabin and property tour around the homestead and are welcoming a new addition!
Thank you for following our journey on the last frontier!
-Dennis, Amy & Lena
filmed at our cabin on the fringes of the wilderness
OPENING MUSIC BY:
@HawkenHorse
HOMESTEAD RECIPES
CHOCOLATE RYE SOURDOUGH & Cinnamon Honey Butter
1/2 C active starter
1/2-1C water
2 tsp unrefined salt
3 C flour
1 C rye flour
dash of honey, molasses
1/2 C cacao power
compound butter:
grassfed butter, dash of cinnamon, honey to taste, unrefined salt
-whip or mix together
1) Mix starter, flour, water, and salt. Mix in molasses and honey. Add flour and cacao, stir until a shaggy dough forms. Let ferment 1.5 hrs and do 2-3 stretch and folds over 4-5 hours. Shape your ball and let rise another 1-1.5 hours. Bake covered at 450 in a hot dutch oven for 20-25 minutes and uncovered another 20 min or until golden.
SALVE
Plantain, Comfrey, St Johns Wort, Lavender, Calendula
4 oz infused oil
1 oz beeswax
-infuse your oil by folk or heat method, strain. Combine with appropriate amount of beeswax, melt, pour into salve containers.
ELDERBERRY SYRUP
2 C dried berries, 4 C water
raw honey
brandy
-simmer berries and water 30 min, steep, strain. Combine liquid with 1:1 honey, brandy if desired.
COUGH SYRUP
thyme, angelica, marshmallow root, sage
raw honey
brandy
-simmer herbs and water, strain. Combine with 1:1 honey brandy if desired.
CARMINITIVE SYRUP
ginger, chamomile, peppermint, lemon balm
raw honey
brandy
-simmer herbs and water, strain. Combine with 1:1 honey brandy if desired.
Credit to : Holdfast Alaska
