Let's Celebrate

Our Granddaugther Autumn turns 1 year old today.
To celebrate, we have launced our new line of natural baby care products.

We wanted to provide a line of safe natural products that were free from chemicals. No worry about toxins here.

Autumn's Baby and Children Product line was specifically formulated for the little ones in your life. The products have no chemicals added, and we use only organic herbs,organic oils, organic butters and pure 100% organic essential oils.

Your baby or grand baby deserves the finest all natural ingredients available, and we know it too.

With our products, there's no need to worry if your baby will be allergic to the fragrance or perfumes oils in their baby product. We don't use them. They are not natural. We use only 100% pure organic essential oils to add fragrance.

Raising kids is a tough job. We just made it a little easier.

If Winter Stays

We are getting tired of snow. Who isn’t? For folks up here in the north, and as far south as Massachusetts, all think we have had enough for one year. I know Mother Nature probably doesn’t agree.

We have been having some warmer days, which is nice for all…including the cats. We can all actually go out without freezing our fur off. I know the chickens would like to be able to get in the great outdoors again. They have been cooped up too long.

While Mother Nature decides what is in store for us next, we continue to get out new products on the website. So far, we have added Herbal Infused Oils, Elderflower Rose Day Cream, Rejuvenating Night Cream, Lemon Balm Lip Relief and Hibiscus Lip Cream. We have been working on them all winter, and are happy to finally have them available.

By March, we should have the rest of our new herbal products developed and ready for the website, which will include our Acne Cream with Neem and an herbal Anti-Fungal Oil for athletes foot.

We are most excited about our Anti-Aging Cream and Anti-Aging Serum. A blend of herbs, oils, extracts and essential oils that rehydrate and can help reduce wrinkles. If you would like to be added to the waiting list for those, just drop us an email.

Cheers to winter. If winter never ends…we’ll just keep formulating new herbal products. Being that the summers are too busy, it’s the only chance we have.

Healing Winter Skin Itch

Whenever someone asks me what to use for winter skin problems, my first response is Calendula. Whether it is used as an oil, or an oinment, Calendula (Caledula officinalis) has to be one the best herbal healing skin remedies.

Calendula is always in stock in our herbal first aid kit. It is wonderful for use on dry, itchy winter skin, but you can also use it on so many other skin conditions it can be used for too.
Calendula is a natural herbal anti-inflammatory and helps heal and protect wounds. It acts as an anti-oxidant, and helps protect skin from free radical damage to skin cells.
Calendula is anti-fungal, anti-septic, and antibacterial.
It is always our first choice for winter itch...it should be yours!

Spring...Is it Here Yet?

According to the calender, spring is only weeks away.
Around here Mother Nature doesn't always read the same calender. Spring for us usually starts in May after all the snow melts. We can't usually get into the fields until mid May to plow. If it keeps snowing like this Spring may not come until June.
Winter does give us time to slow down and get some things done that we don't get to do in summer. This winter, we have redesigned our website and labels. We developed 5 new herbal healing products, and reformulated some of our old ones. Lemon Balm Lip Relief is now available on our website. Rejuvenating Night Cream, Elderberry Rose Day Cream, 3 C's Herbal Healing Salve will available soon. We expect them to be available by mid February.

Busy Winter

Even though life is slower here at Cloverleaf Farm in the winter, it is still busy. Always seems like there is something going on.
Lately, I have been getting the seeds ready to sell on our website. I have an idea in mind of how I want to package them so it is taking longer than last year. Last year, we just bought small envelopes, put a picture on it, and labeled the back.
This year, I learned how seeds used to be packaged "back in the old days" from Strawbery Banke Museum. We have been members of Strawbery Banke for a few years now, and always delight in their programs. In the fall they hold Garden Days, and we don't miss it. They have special events throughout the year, and we try not to miss any of them. Ghosts On The Banke is always especially cool.
Garden Days is where I learned about the old seed packet folding. Uses just paper, no glue, or tape and really holds the seeds well. Loved it. I found the paper, now it is just a matter of getting it to the right size for all the seeds. I don't want to have to cut them all different. One size would make life so much easier.
We have also been working on fine tuning things around the house. We have gotten 4 bedrooms back dated, and we have just one left. We still have work to do, but we are that much closer to our goal.

Hebal Healing...Candida (Systemic Yeast) Diet

I will make it simple. There are foods you can eat, and foods you need to avoid in a candida diet.

Foods You CAN Eat:
Candida Diet - Foods To Eat

MEATS

(Make sure they are Antibiotic & Hormone free)
Beef (small amounts)
Chicken
Fish
Lamb
Turkey

OILS

(Cold-pressed)
Flaxseed (not to be used for cooking)
Olive Oil
Sesame Oil
Sunflower Oil

GRAINS

(Whole)
Amaranth
Barley
Brown Rice
Buckwheat
Millet
Oats
Pasta (whole grains that are not wheat)
Rye

NUTS & SEEDS

(Raw)
Almonds
Brazil
Chestnuts
Hazelnuts
Macadamia
Pecans
Pumpkin Seeds
Sesame Seeds
Sunflower
Walnuts

DAIRY

(Antibiotic & Hormone Free of course)
Butter
Eggs

VEGETABLES

All (except mushrooms)
Moderate potato (1-2/x wk)

CONDIMENTS

Apple cider vinegar (raw & unfiltered)
Fresh herbs
Dry Mustard
Pepper
Sea salt
Spices (no additives)

DRINKS

Water - filtered
Herbal Teas
Mineral water without sugar

BEANS & LEGUMES

All

MISCELLANEOUS

Carob - unsweetened
Salsa (fresh w/ no vinegar or sugar)

FRUITS

use sparingly
Apples
All Berries
Coconut
Grapefruit
Lemons/Limes

SWEETENERS

Stevia

Foods to AVOID:
Candida Diet - Foods To Avoid
MEATS
Processed & Packaged meats
Hamburgers
Hot Dogs
Sausage
OILS
Peanut Oil
Processed oils
VEGETABLES
Corn
Mushrooms
NUTS & SEEDS
Cashews
Peanuts
Pistachios
DAIRY
All cheeses including cottage cheese
Buttermilk
Cow & Goats Milk
Ice Cream
Margarine
Sour Cream
Yogurt
GRAINS
Breads (unless wheat, dairy, yeast and sugar free)
Cereals (unless wheat, dairy and sugar free)
Corn
Pastries
Spelt
White Rice
White Flours
Wheat
CONDIMENTS
All vinegars (except apple cider vinegar - raw & unfiltered)
Catsup
Gravy
Jams & Jellies
Mustard
Pickles
Relish
Salad Dressings (unless no added sugar and only raw apple cider vinegar is used)
Sauces
Soy sauce
Spices with yeast, sugar of additives added
Tamari
Worcestershire
MISCELLANEOUS
Candy
Cookies
Chocolate
Coffee
Donuts
Gelatin
Gum (except xylitol sweetened)
Fried Foods
Muffins
Pastry
Pizza
Processed Foods (TV. dinners, etc.)
Smoked, Dried, Pickled or Cured Foods
BEANS & LEGUMES
Peas
No fermented soy products (miso, tempeh)

DRINKS
Alcohol
Coffee
Fruit juices
Sodas (Diet & Regular)
Teas - Caffeine (except green tea)
FRUITS
Apricots
Bananas
Cherries
Currants
Dates
Dried fruits (prunes, raisins, etc.)
Figs
Grapes
Kiwi
Mangos
Melons
Nectarines
Oranges
Papayas
Pears
Peaches
Pineapple
Plums
Pomegranates
Tangerines
SWEETENERS
Aspartame (NutraSweet)
Barley malt
Brown rice syrup
Brown sugar
Corn syrup
Dextrose
Fructose
Fruit juice sweetened
Honey
Maltodextrin
Maple Syrup
Molasses
Raw cane juice crystals
Sorbitol
Sucralose
White sugar

Herbal Healing...Hidden Diseases of Sysytemic Yeast

These are just some of the diseases and conditions that could be linked a person having a systemic yeast condition.However, it is often misdiagnosed as something else, not diagnosed at all or worse yet, disputed and disregarded by your doctor.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction
Fibromyalgia Syndrome
Lupus
Hypothyroidism
Chrohn's Disease
Leaky Gut Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Celiac Disease
Chronic Sinusitis
Atopic Eczema
GI dysbiosis
Adrenal dysfunction
Rosacea
Psoriasis
Macular Degeneration
Barret's Esophagus
Lactose Intolerance
Meniere's Disease
Depression
Alzheimer's
It may even be related to things like:
Autism
ADHD
ADD
Headaches/migraines
Fatigue
Schizophrenia