Nicole Chryst
Wellness Educator
Family Herbalist
Chasing truth, beauty, goodness, and all things naturally wholistic.
Faith over fear.
Ephesians 2:8-10
I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart since 2003. Together, we have four amazing children, by birth and adoption. When I am not homeschooling my favorite students, I spend my days on our 7-acre property where I try my best to love my family well and experiment with hobby homesteading. My favorite things to do are cultivate my ever-expanding gardens, wrangle chickens, ferment all the things, sourdough bake with einkorn flour, and figure out new ways to use herbal remedies and essential oils. I believe God has tasked us to be good stewards of our spaces in the world, and I guide my children to do the same.
I am a board member of The Sparrow Fund and an Empowered to Connect Facilitator. I love to dig in the dirt, cook nourishing food, capture beauty through my camera lens, watch the sunrise on the beach, and spend time with good literature on my porch while sipping on a hot cup of coffee.
The weekend was filled with beach time, pool swimming, sunbathing, book reading, delicious food eating, game playing, slime making, lots and lots of chatting, even more laughing, and airshow watching. And we got to do it all with friends, which makes everything sweeter.
I picked up crab meat a few days ago to make our favorite Crab Wontons, so I grabbed extra to also make crab cakes! I thought I’d share my Daddy’s recipe. It’s a little on the spicier side, so you can cut back on the Old Bay if you prefer a tad more mild taste....
I had so much fun walking around with my macro lens this evening. My perennials are blooming and I absolutely love seeing all their new faces making debuts everywhere. Getting to watch them pop up all over this spring has been a real treat! Flower aren’t something I used to take much notice of before...
You know how chickens clean themselves? With dirt. I didn’t know that until I started doing chicken-keeping research. Yup, they dirt bathe. As strange as it sounds, it’s actually one of the cutest activities I’ve seen them enjoy. They create little dirt pits in different places all over the backyard by scratching up the dirt...
This was the third year (here’s 2015 and 2016) the older boys have gone fishing with the Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock near the Catoctin Mountains. It’s an annual tradition for these two. This was a big year for Lovebug though, because he learned how to fly fish! And from what I hear, he’s pretty...
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