From My Home to Yours: 5/15/26

 From My Home to Yours

5/15/26

~ 15 Different Items ~

Take a close look at this picture of one area of our raised bed/container garden gardening area ... there are 15 different items growing here.

hyssop

parsley

rose bushes

tomatoes

squash

apple mint

onions

st. john's wort

blueberries

comfrey

cucumbers

green beans

horseradish

lemon balm

tomatillos

Can you spot my windchime and shepherd's hook???  We had my mother's day outing this week on a day when we had to be 'out of town' and I found exactly what I was looking for in a windchime.  It's gentle 'tinkling' in the almost continuous breeze is just beautiful!

I threw my 'goals' list for the week completely out the window!  We had a lot of 'going' to do last week and the only thing I got done was green beans planted.  On weeks when we have so much to do away from home, I can quickly get to a point of feeling overwhelmed ... I can feel it building, but thankfully next week, as of right now, is a 'yipheee, I get to stay at home every day week!'  I love home, being home, working in my home and all that home encompasses ... 

I want to work on putting at least 2 freezer meals in the freezer next week.  I have the recipes/methods chosen and really want to get my 'meals in the freezer' part of my pantry restocked.

I also need to harvest our garlic ... it's ready!  While it's curing, about 2 weeks for our area, I'll pull out all my garlic preserving recipes and methods and decide which ones I want to use this year.  Some are culinary and some are herbal.

My nettles have grown to the point that they can be harvested again ... I need to get that done, so they'll keep putting on new growth.  I'm enjoying powdered nettles in my morning smoothie, the powder is tasteless so it doesn't affect the taste of the smoothie but I get all the nutrition and herbal benefits!  That's a win, win situation in my book!

Oh goodness, the amount of garden planting I still need to do is scary, what a spring it has been in so many ways.

    I started listening to An Unexpected Grace by Tracie Peterson on Libby the library app.

Over on my ladies Bible study blog, I added a post titled, When Trials and Tribulations Come Your Way.  Ladies, go take a look and let me know if you can add anything to this 'how-to' list.

And now I want to close this post with a praise report to God.  A year ago I was diagnosed with cysts and nodules in my thyroid.  I was assured that they were not cancerous and in fact that they were common in women of a certain age.  I went back this week for my yearly check up to see if anything had changed.  Between last year's check-up and this year's check-up I did a lot of praying that if there was something I could be doing to help support my thyroid that God would lead me to it.  I did a lot of research, found 3 things I felt were worth trying and was diligent to do each of them every day praying that they would help and that God would heal my thyroid through my efforts.  My check up this week left me in tears ... the cysts were gone, the nodules were gone and my thyroid was healthy.  I have been praising God ever since.  Through His providence, He lead me to the information I needed.  He abundantly answered my prayers.  I asked my endocrinologist last year, if there was anything I could do to support my thyroid and I was told, 'no' and for me not to get caught up in all the info online.  I'm so glad I didn't listen!

Before I share what I did, let me say again that I am not a doctor and have no medical training.  What worked for me may not work for you, as everyone is different and your thyroid issues may be completely different from mine.  I'm only sharing what worked for me and about how God worked in my situation to bring about what I was asking Him to do.  Please consult your doctor, a trained herbalist or other medical personnel for thyroid treatment.

Here's what I did every day ...

ate 2 brazil nuts

took one kelp capsule

used a very low dose roller bottle of frankincense and coconut oil on my thyroid area

prayed ... oh, how I prayed!

Please understand that I am not in any way saying or even suggesting that this is a cure for cysts and or nodules in your thyroid, nor am I suggesting that anyone should try it themselves.  I'm just sharing what worked for me ... and giving God all the glory!

That's it for this week, I hope you've found something in my ramblings that will help and or encourage you in the upcoming week.

Until the next time ...  

mrs. patsi @ A Working Pantry  

~ quietly holding the home front ~

She looketh well to the ways of her household … Proverbs 31:27 

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