Author Archives: Vaquero Ministries
Elderberry Syrup Recipe
Elderberries are a fantastic immune booster, cold and flu fighter and all around great for your health natural alternative. First listed in the CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs as early as 1985, and used to treat a flu epidemic in Panama … Continue reading
Family Herbal Medicine Chest
Herbal medicine has been around for thousands of years. Ayurvedic medicine has been around at least 10,000 years. Chinese medicine has been around for at least 5,000, and people have used plants for their medicinal properties for our entire existence … Continue reading
Lasagna Soup Recipe
These cold winter nights call for warm, hearty, homemade soup. When I heard about lasagna soup I knew it was one I had to try. Here is the recipe I came up with and can I just say, be prepared, … Continue reading
Things You Need To Know When Buying Your First Rural Home
My husband and I recently went through our first experience buying a home and like many people these days, our purchase was considered rural. These days many people are forgoing the typical city home and looking for their little piece of … Continue reading
DIY: How to Cover Light Switch Covers
I woke up this morning with the need for a project so I decided to beautify our light switch covers. If you’re looking for a fun, inexpensive, but totally worth while personalization for your home, this is a great way … Continue reading
What Are Chakras?
After finishing my new line of chakra stitch markers I decided to give a more in depth look at what the chakras are and how they function. There’s a lot of misinformation about chakras so I thought this would be … Continue reading
Stitches For Kids Holiday Drive
We had a slow start but strong finish with our first Stitches For Kids Holiday Drive ending with six full trash bag size bags full of goodies for foster children! What is especially great is that last year we barley … Continue reading
Banana Cream Cheese Frosted Muffins
I’m pretty sugared out from the holidays but when I had some bananas going ripe I decided to make some banana bread. I have a recipe passed down from my family but when I was missing some ingredients I decided … Continue reading
DIY Trinket Holder
I saw a DIY jewelry holder from A Beautiful Mess blog a little while ago and instantly loved it. The only problem with it was that I don’t really wear jewelry! So when I was organizing and decorating my new … Continue reading
How To Be Happier Right Now and in the New Year
Happiness seems to be an elusive myth like Bigfoot or Unicorns. If you ask the people in your life if they are happy most usually respond with “sometimes” or “it depends”. In fact, according to one study done on happiness … Continue reading
The Dowdy Shepherd 