Use this customizable bath bomb recipe with your choice of flower petals, herbs, colorants, oils, and fragrance. Also includes recipes for oatmeal rose bath bombs and pink grapefruit bath bombs It's with great pleasure that I'm sharing one of Jan Berry's natural beauty recipes from her new book, The Big Book of Homemade Products. You've probably used or seen bath bombs before, but might not realize just how easy they are to make and to customize. Using this basic formula, you can add a pinch of ... Read More about Fully Customizable Bath Bomb Recipe + DIY Instructions
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Getting started with Beekeeping: tips for the beginner beekeeper
Advice on getting started with keeping honeybees by Linda Tillman of 'Linda's Bees'. Includes tips on hive location, equipment, books, and where to begin. The smell of the beehive is delicious and alluring. That alone is worth it. The buzz of the bees as they go about their daily work is entrancing. Watching them can occupy hours of my time. The taste of honey is delectable, whether off the tip of my finger as I go through a hive or out of the honey jar after harvest. I am a beekeeper and I ... Read More about Getting started with Beekeeping: tips for the beginner beekeeper
50+ Flowers and Trees to grow in a Bee Friendly Garden
Attracting bees and pollinators to your garden is as simple as planting the right flowers, shrubs, and trees. This list includes over fifty types that you can plant for bees through all the seasons. It can be a little overwhelming to understand what you should plant to create a bee-friendly garden. In the end, it comes down to avoiding pesticides and planting trees, shrubs, and flowers that are rich in pollen and nectar. It's not just about summer flowers though. Many pollinators hibernate ... Read More about 50+ Flowers and Trees to grow in a Bee Friendly Garden
How to make Liquid Hand Soap from Scratch
Recipe and instructions for how to make liquid hand soap using olive oil and coconut oil. Makes over two quarts of natural liquid soap for use in pumps and squeezy bottles Washing our hands has never been more important, and many of us have been going through bars and bottles of soap like never before. So much so that people are running out and sometimes finding it difficult to buy. Just yesterday I went into two supermarkets trying to find liquid hand soap to no avail -- it's gone the way of ... Read More about How to make Liquid Hand Soap from Scratch
Ways to Protect Spring Crops from the Cold
Get a head start on gardening with these ways to protect spring crops from the cold. Includes using cloches, row covers, cold frames, greenhouses, and hotbeds. It’s April, and you may have already begun planting seedlings out. It's warm, it's sunny, and you forgot that spring can sometimes give you unwanted surprises. Warm days can turn into a light frost the next morning and if your seedlings get caught out, then you could lose some or all of them to winter's last breath. You may also be ... Read More about Ways to Protect Spring Crops from the Cold
