Daria has collected 11 different natural remedies to zap zits. Underneath a photo of each remedy, she provides a brief summary and link to the recipe. There’s a nice variety of different remedies. Here are just a few. A mixture that uses jojoba oil with garlic and tea tree oil Homemade pimple cream that uses […]
Homemade Coconut and Lemon Hand Sanitizer Spray
This is Shannon’s neat and interesting recipe for a homemade coconut and lemon hand sanitizer. The recipe uses coconut extract and lemon essential oil for a wonderful scent. She provides two different types of alcohol that you can use to kill germs . The final ingredient leaves your hands nice and smooth. The recipe couldn’t […]
How to Naturally Attract Birds and Wildlife To Your Yard
In this article, Debra discusses different methods to attract birds and wildlife to your yard. It’s a very thorough article with a lot of good information and resources. She discusses various ways to use food, water and ground cover to attract birds and other wildlife. There are great details about feeders, plants, bird baths, nesting […]
6 Easy Home Remedies for Congestion
When you’re congested and can’t breath normally, life can be miserable. A stuffy nose and any related sinus pressure, can lead to headaches and sinus infections. In 6 Easy Home Remedies for Congestion, Laurie shares some homemade remedies to help you and your family with congestion. The remedies include: A recipe for an easy to […]
5 Budget Friendly Strategies to Creating an Urban Homestead
Homesteading is an attempt to create a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It doesn’t necessarily mean moving to land in the country and becoming full-time farmers. Homesteading can be done in cities and suburbs. It can also be approached in small steps. For example, you can grow your own fruits and veggies, preserve some of your garden […]
How To Make A Homemade Sugar Scrub with Calendula
In this article, Meagan shares a statistic that’s pretty amazing. It’s estimated that the average American is exposed to over 2 million toxins a day! I found that mind-boggling. In order to reduce the toxins her family is exposed to, she decided to make her own homemade skin care products. This is her recipe for […]
Go Green and Get Clean with Essential Oils
This post by Sara is just packed with information. She includes A webinar she conducted that discusses essential oils and cleaning with essential oils. She also provides a text transcript of the material she covers in the webinar. Sara uses and promotes Young Living Essential Oils. She includes information about them toward the end of […]
How to Make Quick and Easy Fermented Half-Sour Pickles
This is a super simple recipe and tutorial by Anna of Northern Homestead on how to make fermented half-sour pickle out of cucumbers. This is a fairly quick and easy brine and spice recipe. No special equipment is needed at all. You just need jars and the recipe ingredients. Anna also includes some helpful […]
The Best Essential Oils for Dry Skin
If you have really dry skin thanks to the cold weather, and if you like essential oils, then this article could help you. Katie explains how to make a quick and easy skin treatment using essential oils and carrier oils. She provides a list of 6 essential oils that are good for treating dry skin. […]
10 Epic Hacks For The World’s Most Successful Vegetable Garden [Video]
This video shares some really neat hacks that will increase your chances of having a successful garden this year. I liked the speaker’s presentation style. He’s also very knowledgeable and had some great gardening ideas. Here are some of the ideas that he discusses: How to make a tool that will help you with plant […]
DIY Natural Lip Tint with Cocoa Butter
This is Katie’s recipe for a simple and easy natural tint lip balm that uses cocoa butter. The cocoa butter makes it wonderfully moisturizing. She also uses a particular root powder that can be used to color the lip tint a subtle red all the way to a dark ruby. It just depends on how […]
The 15 Best Vegetables that Grow Well in a Container or Pot
Spring is coming (yay!) and it’s not too early to start planning your garden. A lot of people have small space gardens. They may have a patio or balcony garden, a rooftop garden, a small space near their home … the list goes on and on. One method that’s ideally suited for small space gardening […]