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Michelle Schoffro Cook

Award-winning and Best-selling Author, Blogger, Homesteader

The Art of Simply Living

Coriander—an Egyptian Happiness Secret

Coriander Seeds from My Garden

Photo Copyright Michelle Schoffro Cook

Five years ago, I planted some cilantro in my garden even though I rarely use the fresh herb. Every spring since then, little yellow-green cilantro leaves pop up in the same area thanks to a few escapee seeds that drop each fall. I let the plant grow and…

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The Statuesque Empress Apple Tree

The Empress apple tree is as tall as a four-storey building

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“Apple trees typically grow ten to 15 feet tall,” they said. “They live up to 75 to 100 years,” they said. “Apple season is in the fall,” they said. It’s a good thing this apple tree, known as “The Empress” didn’t hear them, or at l…

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Wuthering Heights Bursts into Bloom

Wuthering Heights the apple tree in full bloom

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During the grey and lifeless winter months, the apple tree named Wuthering Heights, appears stark and windblown, almost lifeless. But after the weariness of the cold and ice, comes the spring, marked by a stunning array of pink and …

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Dandelion: The Overlooked Healer Underfoot (+ Dandelion Flower Lemonade Recipe)

dandelion flowers are powerful healers

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The dandelion is an herb in serious need of an image makeover. Cursed by many gardeners and those in quest of perfect lawns, dandelion is frequently viewed as a pest plant. If you walk past my home, you’ll know it from the dand…

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A Celebration of You

inspiration and finding self love by michelle schoffro cook

Choose to be authentically you. You do not need to ask permission of the world, or anyone in it, to be the most genuine version of you, or to express all of the greatness within you. Indeed, deferring to others’ opinions of your kindness, creativity, intelligence, attractiveness, or some other att…

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if you speak--a poem by michelle schoffro cook

About Michelle

Michelle Schoffro Cook--Award-Winning Author, Homesteader, Orchardist

Hi. I'm Michelle. You may know me as the best-selling & award-winning author of 25 books on food, health, and herbs but I'm also a homesteader and wild food forager. I practice what I preach and I'm happy to share my adventures and insights in my blog "The Art of Homesteading." 

If you like what you read, please consider purchasing my books/ebooks to help support me with my work. Thank you.

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