Make this Christmas soap recipe with festive swirls of madder root and minerals and candy cane scented peppermint essential oil. With the holidays right around the corner, you might be thinking about making handmade gifts. Soap is always a great option since it can be pretty and festive and practical too! This Christmas soap recipe is even more fun because it smells like candy canes and is swirled with festive colors. You'll use a simple 'In the Pot Swirl' technique, along with soap colorants, ... Read More about Christmas Soap Recipe with Festive Swirls
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How to Decorate a Fresh Christmas Wreath
Step-by-step process on how to decorate a fresh Christmas wreath with foraged greenery, berries, and dried fruit. Also includes how to create a wreath base using willow Fresh Christmas wreaths are a great way to use natural materials to create beautiful handmade holiday decorations. They're an alternative to plastic or expensive fresh wreaths and are eco-friendly since they can be composted. For years my friend John 'Dog' Callister has been showing locals how to weave willow rings as wreath ... Read More about How to Decorate a Fresh Christmas Wreath
How to make Bath Bombs with Natural Ingredients
How to make bath bombs with natural ingredients such as flower petals, herbs, and essential oils. 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 them before, but might not realize just how easy it is to make bath bombs. Using this basic formula, you can add a pinch of this, a pinch of that, some ... Read More about How to make Bath Bombs with Natural Ingredients
Winter Gardening Projects for the Vegetable Garden
These twenty winter gardening projects and tasks will keep you busy in the colder months and prepare the garden for the year ahead We’re deep into winter, but that doesn’t mean that we have to stay inside, twiddling our green thumbs. There’s plenty to do to prepare for the vegetable gardening year ahead. Building hardscaping, planning what to grow, and where, and getting organized. There are even seeds that benefit from being sown now, under the warmth of grow lights. Use this list of winter ... Read More about Winter Gardening Projects for the Vegetable Garden
Tips on Starting an Urban Permaculture Food Forest
A visit to a permaculture food forest and p-patch, how it works, and realistic tips for starting your own urban food forest. Four or five years ago I came across something amazing on the web: news of an urban food forest in my home city of Seattle. Seven acres of land given to a group of people who planned to turn it into a permaculture food forest open to anyone who wanted to grow and pick homegrown fruit. It seemed almost too good to be true and since then, I've heard very little of what was ... Read More about Tips on Starting an Urban Permaculture Food Forest
