Freebie Friday

Free McCafe Coffee at McDonald’s 9/16 – 9/29: Get a free small McCafe coffee during breakfast hours at any participating McDonald’s across the country. Offer only lasts until 9/29.

Here’s What I’m Watching Later on YouTube!

How to Brew Simple Mead at Home ( Honey Wine) with Cinnamon Clove Easy and Simple 1/2 a clove per gallon (These are quite strong, 1-2 in a 5 gallon batch is good – Though the flavour will mellow a lot during the ageing process.)

1 cinnamon stick per gallon

1 Teaspoon (5 Grams) per gallon Yeast Nutrient

15.4 lbs (7.0 kg) of un-pasturized and unpreserved honey

This recipe will yield a medium bodied mead. adjust the volume of honey to your liking. Less will produce a dryer mead and more will produce a sweeter mead.

1. Warm up your honey in a hot water bath for easier pouring.

2. Fill the carboy to the half way mark with clean room temperature water.

3. Add yeast nutrient, stir into water.

4. Add the warm honey to the carboy.

5. Add cinnamon and cloves to the carboy. Allow to soak through primary fermentation and remove for secondary.

6. Top of the carboy with water. Use the honey containers to fill the carboy to help get the last of the Honey

7. Stir the mixture to get the honey dissolved into water.

8. When settled, pitch yeast and place airlock.

9. Allow to brew for 1 month, leaving it in primary until up to 3 months is alright.

10. Rack to second carboy for secondary fermentation. Remove the cinnamon and cloves. making sure to leave any sediment behind.

11. Leave for 5-6 months, covering with a towel or t-shirt if the carboy is exposed to direct light for extended periods of time.

12. Syphon to primary fermenter with bottling tap.

13. Clean and sterilize bottles.

14. Fill directly into the bottle.

15. Cork and store the bottles on its side for 9-12 months.

16. Enjoy!

Writing on the cork will help you remember what you bottled after its aged. I recommend writing the date bottled or keeping a number system with a log book for each batch bottle dates.

Trial batches will help you figure out what kind of mead you enjoy. One gallon batches are perfect for this as you can size up or down as need be.

Some of my favorite childhood memories are of gardening with my parents and brothers. This channel is about low cost organic urban gardening in zone 3. I am by no means an expert gardener however I love to share my experiments and journey garden year round. Please feel free to join the conversation and if you think you might like this channel subscribe. Have a great day!

Check us out on

YouTube: http://bit.ly/1zojDAC

Webpage: http://bit.ly/1wpecFw

Google +: http://bit.ly/1wpea0r

Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1zojDAG

Twitter: http://bit.ly/1wpeagG

Pintrest: http://bit.ly/1zojBc6

Find the video here

Free Sample | Emergen-C

This is one product I use a lot of during the winter months, especially since moving back to NJ. Adding extra Vitamin C to your diet will help boost your immune system and fight off colds and flu. My favorite is Raspberry flavor mixed into homemade applesauce! Click the link below to get your free sample today!

Free Sample | Emergen-C.

Here’s What I’m Watching Later on YouTube!

Hormone Balancing Berry Blast Smoothie http://bit.ly/1B7CAZn

http://bit.ly/ZMhwMk

With summer wrapping up and coming to a close, I wanted to take this one last chance to enjoy some summer raspberries in season. We understand the benefits of eating foods in season right? Fruits and vegetables eaten in their season actually have more vitamins and minerals because their temperature and humidity are ideal for cellular growth and absorbing nutrients from the soil. More importantly, they taste better and are much more affordable in season!

What better way to enjoy them than with this Raspberry Superfood Smoothie. Here’s what’s in it:

Raspberries – Native to Europe, raspberries grow exceptionally well in a moderate climate. The red raspberry is the most common, but there are hybrids in orange, purple, yellow and white. Raspberries are rich in vitamin-C, which helps the body fight off free radicals, as well as boosts overall immunity, and counters inflammation. Raspberries also contain vitamin A and vitamin E which also aid in the disease prevention process.

Hemp Seed – These seeds contain more essential fatty acids than anything on the planet. Hemp Seeds are also much higher in protein than other seeds and nuts.

Maca – A peruvian root vegetable that can grow at almost any altitude, Maca has been known as the “Peruvian Ginseng”, for it’s numerous health benefits.

Limes – You know we support the idea of keeping the body in an alkaline state. Studies show that staying in an alkalized state boosts brain function, reduces risk of heart disease and even cancer.

Banana – We all know bananas are a source of potassium, which promotes heart health, including regulating blood pressure, cholesterol and even abnormal heart rhythms. Bananas also have shown to fight depression, because they contain tryptophan, which is a key ingredient in the production serotonin.

Cinnamon – This spice has been used for thousands of years throughout Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean. It’s uses have ranged from treatment of digestion and insomnia to fighting cancer and Osteoporosis and even as insect repellent.

RECIPE:

1 small banana

Juice of 1/2 lime

1/2 cup fresh or frozen raspberries

1 tsp. maca powder

1 tbsp. hemp seeds

1 pinch cinnamon

1 cup filtered water

http://bit.ly/1B7CAZn

http://bit.ly/ZMhwMk

http://bit.ly/1B7CCQU

http://bit.ly/1B7CCQV

http://bit.ly/1B7CCQX

http://bit.ly/1B7CBfJ

http://bit.ly/ZMhwMt

berry blast smoothie

best recipes with berries

best smoothie recipes

blending for hormonal balance

drinking for hormonal balance

eating for hormonal balance

health benefits of banana

health benefits of berries

health benefits of berry

health benefits of cinnamon

health benefits of hemp seed

health benefits of limes

health benefits of maca

health benefits of raspberries

hormonal harmony smoothie

Hormone Balancing – Berry Blast Smoothie

hormone balancing foods

hormone balancing smoothie

how to balance your hormones

maca berry blast smoothie

nutribullet hormone helper smoothie

sexy lady smoothie for balanced hormones

smoothie for hormone balance

smoothies for hormonal balance

tips to balance your hormones

what women need to know about hormones

how to balance your hormones

ways to balance your hormones

Find the video here

The Latest from Instagram

Loki #masterhomeworkhelper http://bit.ly/1tRrgQG

How To Spend 2 Hours On a Cool Autumn Evening

NetNeutrality – Open Access for All

Stop slow lanes from

ruining the internet

Here’s the deal: The FCC is on the verge of allowing internet service providers (like the one you’re using right now) to build fast lanes for sites that can pay for them, leaving everyone else in the slow lane. This would be disastrous for anyone who uses the internet.

Luckily, you can do something about it. You can urge the FCC to establish rules for the internet that don’t discriminate by class—and ask your U.S. senator to do the same. Just fill out the form below and we’ll automatically put you through to them. Easy.

via Tumblr.

#netneutrality #openaccess #freedom #internet #censorship

Here’s What I’m Watching Later on YouTube!

Cooking Caveman with Jeff Nimoy – Caveman Ketchup Jeff Nimoy, the Cooking Caveman, makes homemade ketchup!

Emmy Award Winning writer/producer Jeff Nimoy began the popular blog CookingCaveman.com after accidentally discovering the Caveman Diet, also known as the Paleo Diet. Jeff’s blog shares his Caveman friendly mouthwatering meals and spreads his message that “Dieting Does Not Mean Deprivation!” He also founded SamePlate.com, a free online dating site that matches people by the food they eat (or don’t eat). Before launching SamePlate.com and becoming a Caveman, Jeff Nimoy wrote, produced, and voiced comedy segments for NFL Films, and has enjoyed a long career acting, writing and voice directing for anime, with such notable classic shows as “Digimon,” Disney’s “Stitch,” “Trigun,” and “Naruto.”

To buy the Cooking Caveman eBook with many of his paleo recipes, please visit http://bit.ly/X8EpYR

Find the video here

Here’s What I’m Watching Later on YouTube!

Canning Peaches! I Finally got those peaches canned! Although..3 got crushed and sent to the pig pail..and 4 ended up mystically in my tummy..but I still managed to put up some for a taste of summer in the coming winter!

Find the video here

from Natural Jersey Girl via Facebook

Don’t forget that if you don’t interact with pages on Facebook, you won’t see the posts they make in your timeline. Be safe and visit pages frequently and let Facebook’s algorithm know what’s important to YOU!

Here’s What I’m Watching Later on YouTube!

My cheap trellis idea! Register on our NEW SITE for full access!

http://bit.ly/VH4HjY – WEBSITE

http://bit.ly/1kWOcw5 – PAGE

JOIN US ON BOTH!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Find the video here

Thanks to everyone for the continued likes and #sharing. I appreciate the #support! Let me know if there is something in particular you’re interested in. Winter will be kind of slow with planting until around January/February but I hope to keep busy with learning everything I can to improve next year’s #garden and harvest. I hope everyone is having a great week! Sorry I haven’t been around much. Lots of changes at home the past two weeks with one of my own finally flying the nest and then both me and my daughter heading back to school. New dynamics in the house and new schedules outside to adjust to. My plans for fall/winter gardening? I’d like to build at least one poly tunnel and see how long I can keep stuff growing. Might help keep that dang critter out of my beans too :( Whatever it is has expanded it’s palate to include sweet potato leaves, green beans and red kidney bean leaves, pumpkin leaves, cucumber leaves and cantaloupe leaves. I’m hoping the kale I moved from a container to out front will pick up once the weather stays a bit cooler. About 2 weeks after I moved it we got a sudden hot spell for a couple of days and it seemed to cringe in fear. On the up side of that heatwave, my tomatoes started to ripen finally :) Yesterday’s #harvest was about 8 lbs of #tomatoes along with a baby #pumpkin (which I gave to my Grand Niece the other baby pumpkin!) and a couple of #cucumbers and a good 2 lbs or so of #Cubanelle #peppers and 3 heads of #cabbage. Sorry, didn’t get any pictures of my full basket. I almost couldn’t lift it! One of the smaller heads I cut up and put into jars to ferment into living #sauerkraut. Hopefully my kitchen is warm enough to get it going. I also have an EM culture for #bokashi compost started which I actually need to process into the second stage this weekend. It’s a bit overdue like most things around here this month. I’m hoping to be able to use bokashi with my #vermicompost systems and have a supercharged compost/worm castings next year. It’s almost time to harvest the sweet potatoes. Don’t remember exactly when they went into the ground but thinking I have about another two weeks. I might dig around a little this weekend and see what I can see :) My fear is I dug too deep in loosening the soil and will be digging to China to harvest my taters lol. #gardening #squarefootgarden #sfg #organic #homegrown #growyourown

from Natural Jersey Girl

via Facebook