Homegrown Native Foods LLC

08/28/2023

Thanks to everyone's generous support and encouragement, Shadow has made a full recovery! 💕 Thank you all so much for believing in our baby girl. She is one strong kitten and she will live a long, beautiful life. Thank you for making that future possible 🐾 ❤️

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08/23/2023

A huge step of recovery! 🐾

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08/21/2023

The days are starting to look brighter for our baby! She still has a ways to go, and it could turn south at any time, but we are hopeful and grateful for moments like these ❤️

08/21/2023

On our way to 100% health!

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08/20/2023

Some of you know but many do not. We had to hosptialize our two sweet, beautiful fur babies last week.

Both Minnie and Shadow came down with Bobcat Fever even though they were both on flea and tick prevention.

Unfortunately, Minnie passed away Tuesday afternoon and we laid her to rest at our home in Mountainburg.

Shadow is on her fifth day of hospitalization in the ICU. She is stable and doing well, all things considered. To make a full recovery, she will need 5 more days of hospitalization, with the average cost per day being $800-$1,000.

These girls are our babies through and through ❤️ They've brought so much joy to our lives and truly are our family.

We made a GoFundMe to raise money to help with hospital bills. Any and all support is greatly appreciated.

Please share this with anyone who may want to help.

https://gofund.me/3856d52e
https://venmo.com/u/Nena-Evans

04/20/2023

We had a great first float of the year last Sunday, complete with corn salad (an edible wild green), wild garlic scapes (invasive but delicious!), kayak surfing (Tim is a wild one, y'all), and LOTS of Paw Paw blossoms! 🌸🌤🛶

Floating the local rivers is a great way to scout out foraging sites. Just remember to ask landowners for permission before foraging!

04/11/2023

Wildflower syrup Day 2!

- Step 1: Strain flower/water mixture to remove flower buds (we used cheese cloth but forgot to photograph that step, oops!)

- Step 2: Pour liquid into a small sauce pan and turn onto high heat until it reaches a boil. Compost the petals.

- Step 3: Measure out sugar (normally we use maple syrup for our recipes but we were worried it would be too strong of a flavor for this recipe so we used granulated sugar) ~ we used 1/8 cup sugar for our 1/2 cup of liquid.

- Step 4: Once liquid is boiling, slowly add sugar and dissolve. Continue to boil, stirring occasionally until mixture is slightly thickened, about 5-10 minutes.

- Step 5 (my favorite step): Taste test (yum!) and add more sugar or boil longer if desired to thicken (remember, the syrup will naturally thicken as it cools).

- Step 6: Once it reaches your desired taste and thickness, pour into a clean Mason jar, tighten the lid, and cool.

- Step 7 (vital step): Let your cats inspect your final product. Minnie approved but Shadow declined the appearance on camera.

- Step 8 (ok, this is acutally my favorite step): Eat and enjoy! 😋 ❤️

This is a great syrup for drinks, desserts, waffles, and straight out of the jar! And, it can be made with any edible wildflower!

*You can make this recipe shelf stable by canning the jar(s) in a hot water bath*

**You can make jelly out of this recipe by adding pectin before adding sugar in Step 4; follow dosage directions on your pectin packet**

04/09/2023

Making wildflower syrup 😋

Day 1:
- Step 1: Collect wildflowers (we have 1/2 cup mix of redbuds, violets, and spring beauties)
- Step 2 (VITAL step): Let kittens inspect the flower harvest (🐈 Minnie and Shadow approve of our collection 🐈)
- Step 3: Boil 1/2 cup water (this is a 1:1 ratio for the amount of flowers you have)
- Step 4: Place flowers in a Mason jar and gently pour boiling water over flowers.
- Step 5: Add 1/4 tablespoon lemon juice to the water/flower mixture (we used the Juniper vinegar from Rachel West; the acid helps infuse the water with the color of the flowers), put the lid on the jar, tighten, and shake to mix ingredients.
- Step 6: Set water/flour/acid mixture on counter and leave for 24 hours. This will create the tea that will be the base for our syrup.

Stay tuned for Day 2!

03/23/2023

Ever been on a fishing or float trip and wondered what was edible on the banks? Join us at Twin bridges White River Access, where we will be answering that question and finding fruit and nut trees, vegetables and spices and... some blow dart materials.
http://wix.to/vRd2i5L

03/23/2023

Want to impress your friends and family with your knowledge of edible flowers? Or freak them out so they stop bothering you? Come over to Lake Alma and learn to identify edible native and invasive flowers so you can add some color and flavor to your salads!
http://wix.to/27Es2Zj

03/21/2023

We went for a run and came back with a salad...nature is beautiful and bountiful ❤️ 🌱☀️

Featuring: dandelion greens, trout lilies, cutleaf toothwort, young thistle greens, spring beauties, elm somaras (young seed pods), henbit, and dead nettle.

03/04/2023

Want to learn how to make your own syrup? Join us Saturday, March 18th at noon to learn how to tap maples, sweetgums, and more! Tickets available at https://www.homegrownnativefoods.com/. 🌳 🥞