This is Sue’s wonderful recipe for homemade peach butter. It makes a smaller batch of peach butter, so you don’t have to can it. Fruit butters have a more intense taste and smooth consistency. You can spread peach butter on toast, rolls, bagels , biscuits etc. Sue also recommends using fruit butters as filling in […]
How To Start An Indoor Herb Garden – Tips & Tricks
I really like infographics because you can share so much information in a nice, simple way. This infographic is really packed with information. It’s brought to you by the good folks at www.fix.com. You can see the original infographic, which is excellent, at How to Grow a Thriving Herb Garden – Full Infographic. (http://www.fix.com/blog/grow-a-thriving-indoor-herb-garden/) The […]
5 Essential Oils Katie Uses Daily
In this article, Katie shares the 5 essential oils she uses most often for herself and her family. Since she includes the essential oils in the picture for her article, I’ll list them here: Lemon Peppermint Lavender Oregano On Guard (a commercial blend of essential oils) Katie explains how she uses each essential oil and […]
Homemade Lavender Sugar Scrub For Smooth Feet
Homemade sugar scrubs really do make nice gifts for almost any occasion. They look so good in a decorated container and you can customize the scent for the lucky gift recipient! Denise’s sugar scrub uses just 3 ingredients: lavender essential oil, a particular type of sugar, and one other oil. She provides clear directions and […]
44 Amazing Foods & How They Heal Your Body
When we eat fruits, vegetable yogurt and nuts we know that they’re healthier for us than some other foods. But did you ever wonder how individual fruits, veggies and other foods specifically help our health?Erin was curious about this and compiled an amazingly helpful list of 44 foods. For each fruit, vegetable, or other food […]
How to Make Passion Flower Sleepy Tea – Excellent Herbal Sleep Aid Tea
The Herb Gardener shares his simple recipe for Passion Flower Tea. Passion Flower is a sleep aid. If you want to add Lemon Balm, which is also a sleep aid, he tells you how to adjust the recipe. You can use either dried passion flower leaves or fresh passion flower leaves. There are usage warnings. […]
Top 25 Exfoliating Salt Scrub Recipes
Katie of the Wise Wife Soap website has done it again This time she has found the top 25 Exfoliating Salt Scrubs. If you see a salt scrub that sounds good, just click on the link and you’ll see the complete recipe. Here are just a few: Citrus Salt Scrub Lavender Coconut Salt Scrub Rose […]
How to Can Kosher Style Dill Pickles ~ A Tutorial
JES really knows how to can pickles. Her article explains in a clear way how to make kosher style dill pickles out of cucumbers. You’ll find directions on: How to prepare the cucumbers How to make the brine What herbs to add to the jars How to pack the jars with cucumbers How to add […]
Homemade Sun-Kissed Lip Balm Recipe
I LOVE this shimmery lip balm for the summer! It’s bronze-tinted and has a cocoa peppermint scent. It’s also a nice, moisturizing lip balm. The recipe is really super easy to make. Marie provides clear directions and some excellent photographs. This recipe makes 8 tubes of shimmery bronze lip balm. Click on the Homemade Sun-Kissed […]
How To Make Homemade Lemon Extract
In this article, Heather explains how to use lemon peel to make homemade lemon extract. It’s a super easy recipe to make too. Her directions are very clear. It cost Heather $5.88 to make the lemon extract and would have cost her $23.76 to buy it! So this recipe is also a real money saver! […]
Homemade Natural Gripe Water for Colic in Babies
This is a very helpful post for Moms with colicky babies by Sara of My Merry Messy Life. Summer Herbs. Gripe water is a home remedy for infants with acid reflux , colic, stomach upset, teething pain, and other stomach ailments. Sara had used commercial Gripe Water with her 3 babies. However, when she checked […]
20 All-Natural Insect Repellent Recipes for a Bug-Free Summer
Jill of The Prairie Homestead shares links to 20 different natural insect repellents. Repellents for most creepy, crawly, flying insects are covered. Great post! If you click the link at the bottom of the page – 20 All-Natural Insect Repellent Recipes for a Bug-Free Summer – you’ll be able to see all the links and […]