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Butternut Squash Pie Recipe: the best 'Pumpkin Pie' you'll ever taste plus a little background on why the pumpkin pie you've enjoyed all your life doesn't have pumpkin in it either #lovelygreens #pumpkinpie #pumpkinrecipe #pie #pierecipe

Butternut Squash Pie Recipe: The Best Pumpkin Pie from Scratch

How to Make Pure 100% Coconut Oil Soap (Cold-Process Recipe)

How to make Massage Candles for Romantic Nights In

Live Simply, Grow Your Own, Make Natural Things

Here on Lovely Greens, you’ll find fresh ideas for growing useful plants and creatively using them in the home and garden. That includes growing flowers for handmade soap, vegetables for homemade meals, and herbs for health. I truly believe that we can improve our lives, our communities, and the environment through growing and making our own.

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I’m so pleased to be able to introduce you to my new book, A Woman’s Garden Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things. There are dozens of gardening books that show you how to grow veg or an ornamental garden. Yet many of us want to use plants for other things — artisan makes, artwork, and wellness. A Woman’s Garden fills that niche and shows you how to grow a beautiful and productive garden filled with plants that you can use in soapmaking, natural dyeing, herbal medicine, edible flower recipes, and more.

Simple Hedgerow Jelly Recipe for Autumn Berries

Make hedgerow jelly with any ripe berries and fruit including blackberries, raspberries, plums, and apples. A great way to preserve autumn’s bounty in a jar!

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How to make Pumpkin Spice Soap (Cold Process Recipe)

Use real pumpkin puree and natural essential oils to make pumpkin spice soap using the cold-process method. Instructions include making homemade pumpkin puree and how to use it to naturally…

Beauty | Gift Ideas | Honey and Beeswax | Soap

How to Make Christmas Soap that looks like Fudge

Festive Christmas soap recipe made with simple layers of creamy and gold-tinted soap batter and subtly scented with raw golden honey. This swirled honey soap recipe creates Christmas soap that…

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Lovely Greens is where I share ideas for growing a garden and then using harvests in handmade soap, wholesome food, and more. Have fun browsing ideas and learning to live simply, grow your own, and make useful things.