Eternal Hippies A Year Homemade and Beyond

So for March, I set to continue to work on these goals and I am adding some new one below this list. -Drink at least a gallon of filtered water a day – -Get at least 6 hours of sleep each night – -Make own shampoo-   -Walking 15 minutes at least twice a week . – -Make own sweets/stop buying store-made desserts -   -Exploring different grains, sweeteners, oils, etc . – -Document meal plans for each week. -Edit and post video -Continue to organize kitchen  -Continue to weighing myself once a week -Of course no eating out - New March goals: -Plan our vegetable gardening for this year- Depending on a few variables, we do all container gardening, or we may start our first raised bed garden..or both! -Figure out how to take Mom to “to lunch” without going to a restaurant- With the weather getting warmer, I'm thinking about taking her on a picnic. -Start lifting weights- I have  5 pound weights that will help strengthen me. I f...

Last Thursday, in order to have the pancakes we enjoy on Sunday, I started making my sprouted buckwheat flour. The process does take a few days, but it is so worth the effort. Plus I find it to be enjoyable. I buy my bulk organic buckwheat groats at our local health food store. Thursday morning- Rinsed buckwheat groats and set them in a half gallon mason jar to soak in filtered water for 30 minutes. Groats don't take as long to soak as other sprouts. After soaking, drained them, put a screen lid on the jar then tilted the jar so any moisture can drain. I have a wooden cookbook holder that I use to hold my sprouting jars. My lids look like this: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/152066924892213540/,  But I've also used cheesecloth and a mason jar ring. The main reason is to keep what you are sprouting inside the jar and bugs out. I keep my draining rack in a dark spot in my kitchen where the temperature staying constant. Thursday evening- Poured about a cup of filtered ...