Make inexpensive environmentally-friendly homemade organic fertilizer for your vegetable garden from foraged and waste materials. Includes DIY Organic Fertilizers you can make from seaweed, comfrey, and nettles. On its own, soil is a mixture of sand, crushed rock, and non-living substances. It takes decayed and broken down leaves, bark, and animal waste to transform dirt … Read More about DIY Organic Fertilizers for the Vegetable Garden
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Gentle Shea Butter Face Soap Recipe and Instructions
Instructions on making gentle shea butter face soap from scratch using pure oils and natural ingredients. Cold-process soapmaking instructions included. Many facial cleansers can strip the skin of natural oils, leaving your skin either too dry or too oily. This is because your face can respond to over-cleansing and over-exfoliation with even more acne, blackheads, oiliness, or skin irritation. … Read More about Gentle Shea Butter Face Soap Recipe and Instructions
Ruby Red Rhubarb Jam Recipe
Preserve spring rhubarb in a sweet soft-set jam for spooning over desserts or yogurt. Just three ingredients and very simple instructions. Spring rhubarb is the earliest homegrown treat but it only lasts a short while. After spring you’ll need to wait another year to taste it again so while the stems are red you should … Read More about Ruby Red Rhubarb Jam Recipe
February Garden Jobs for the Vegetable Garden
February garden jobs including seeds to sow, crops to harvest, winter garden organization, and projects for the vegetable garden. February is a great month to get ahead in the garden and make your start on this year’s productive vegetable garden. This selection of February garden jobs will help you learn how to choose and chit … Read More about February Garden Jobs for the Vegetable Garden
Starting Seeds Indoors During the Winter
Tools and tips for starting seeds indoors including when to sow seeds, grow lights, propagators, and ways to successfully grow seedlings during the winter. Those of you with mild winters and warmth early in the spring have it easy. You can practically throw seeds in the soil outside and have a harvest in no time. … Read More about Starting Seeds Indoors During the Winter