Make a gardeners healing salve using homegrown calendula, plantain, and comfrey. These herbs along with beeswax help to ... Read More about Gardeners Healing Salve Recipe + DIY Instructions
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How to make DIY Ollas: Low Tech Self-Watering Systems for Plants
Slow release watering around growing plants How to make inexpensive ollas using terracotta pots. A clever way to keep plants ... Read More about How to make DIY Ollas: Low Tech Self-Watering Systems for Plants
Honey & Lavender Soap Recipe + Instructions
How to make sensitive honey & lavender soap using pure olive oil, lavender essential oil, raw honey, and other ... Read More about Honey & Lavender Soap Recipe + Instructions
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All Natural Carrot Soap Recipe with Real Carrots
How to make natural carrot soap using the cold-process method. It's simple homemade carrot purée that creates that sunny ... Read More about All Natural Carrot Soap Recipe with Real Carrots
Make Lavender Bath Bombs with Essential oil and Lavender buds
Simple recipe and instructions for how to make lavender bath bombs. Just a few ingredients and you can use either purchased ... Read More about Make Lavender Bath Bombs with Essential oil and Lavender buds
How to grow English Lavender for Crafts, Skin Care, and the Kitchen
How to grow English lavender, tips on cultivars, growing conditions, harvesting, and creative lavender ideas. Includes a ... Read More about How to grow English Lavender for Crafts, Skin Care, and the Kitchen
How to grow calendula flowers: sowing, growing, and saving seed
How to grow calendula officinalis flowers including a guide to sowing, growing, saving seed, ways to use it as a companion ... Read More about How to grow calendula flowers: sowing, growing, and saving seed
How to Save Tomato Seeds without Fermenting
Tips on how to easily save tomato seeds on a paper towel and tips on sowing them the following year. This method is the best ... Read More about How to Save Tomato Seeds without Fermenting
Plants for Free: How to Propagate Lavender from Cuttings
Instructions on how to propagate lavender from cuttings. Works for all types of lavender and cuttings from new or semi-hard ... Read More about Plants for Free: How to Propagate Lavender from Cuttings
Easy & Delicious Blackcurrant Liqueur Recipe
A simple recipe for sweet and smooth blackcurrant rum liqueur. Mix it into champagne for Kir Royale or sip it neat. It's like ... Read More about Easy & Delicious Blackcurrant Liqueur Recipe
How to Infuse Honey with Herbs, Spices, & Edible Flowers
Infused honey is simple to make and can be drizzled on warm biscuits, yogurt, oatmeal, & savory treats like cheese. Video ... Read More about How to Infuse Honey with Herbs, Spices, & Edible Flowers
How to make Honey & Beeswax Soap + deepening the color using honey
Recipe and instructions on how to make honey and beeswax soap. Includes tips on how much beeswax to use in a soap recipe, and ... Read More about How to make Honey & Beeswax Soap + deepening the color using honey
