Thrifty Ways to Get Plants for Free
Discover thrifty ways to get plants for free. Learn how to bulk out your garden and growing space with plants that are free or cost practically nothing.
Healing Plants to Grow in a Salve Garden
Grow your own medicinal herb larder with these ideas for plants to grow in a salve garden. Includes plants to infuse into healing balms to soothe eczema, bug bites, and minor burns and injuries If you are interested in plants for skin care and skin healing, you should consider growing a salve garden. Plants in…
DIY Sea Glass Stepping Stone
How to make garden stepping stones using colorful sea glass. This project requires only a few inexpensive materials including glass pieces. Sea glass can have romantic origins — it could come from old Victorian bottles or broken glass from a shipwreck. Most of the time it comes from modern-day bottles. Most of the rubbish that…
Homemade Dish Soap Recipe for the Zero-Waste Home
A simple homemade dish soap recipe with long-lasting fluffy bubbles that get dishes squeaky clean. Perfect for the natural and zero-waste home. I’ve been making handmade soap for over ten years but in all of that time, I’ve focused on body soap. Cold-process bar soap for whole-body use, and liquid hand soap for filling up…
The Best Gifts for Gardeners and What NOT to Get
Some of the best gifts for gardeners for 2020 including the latest gardening books, stocking fillers, useful gardening gifts, and extravagant gestures. Also, a list of some of the things that gardeners might not appreciate. If you’re lucky enough to have a gardener in your life, then you’re likely getting gifts all year-round. Fresh veggies…
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How to make Christmas Tree Bath Bombs
Make Christmas Tree bath bombs with beautifully scented essential oils, colored minerals, and naturally-fizzy ingredients. Quick and easy to make handmade gifts that include a DIY video These delightful little trees of Christmas happiness will win you some major brownie points this holiday season. They’re simple to make, and if you stick to just one…
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Christmas Soap Recipe with Festive Swirls
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…