The Rabb's Farm Life Adventures

Several years ago I found a bottle of Kombucha in Whole Foods and decided to give it a try.  I took a sip and quickly handed it to my husband to finish.  I asked for one more taste but decided it tasted too much like vinegar for my tastebuds.  A few months later I found a different brand and decided to give it a taste.  I was delighted to find that I actually liked it.  I began buying kombucha on occasion after that and found that the cost of buying kombucha would make it something that would have to be more of a treat than something I consumed daily.   A couple of years ago I learned a friend of mine had a SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) for making his own kombucha.  I was intrigued.  I started researching it and asked him if he had a SCOBY to spare.  He gladly shared one with me and I purchased all of the necessary supplies and began brewing my first batch.  To make a long story short, I wasn't successful.  It...

We have been on a journey to better health for a long time now.  It started in 2007 when a psychologist wanted to diagnose our youngest child with a "disorder" by using medication.  His idea was, give him medication A, and when it doesn't work, we will diagnose him with another "disorder."  John and I weren't convinced by this suggestion.  The idea of using medication to diagnose a condition seemed far fetched to me.  I told the psychologist we were concerned about introducing medications like this to our then 5 year old.  He responded to me with a condemning tone and asked, "if he was diabetic you would give him insulin, right?"  We left that appointment with a new perspective.  John and I decided to research and find natural solutions for our son.  We were determined to find answers that didn't include a lifetime of pharmaceuticals for him. We stopped drinking milk or eating milk products.  We began eating organic food, which inc...