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Spring, She is Coming

Lovely, lovely snow drops. The hens are sitting. We should have chicks in a few weeks. Last I counted, we have eight hens sitting. The garden has been calling my name. I need to listen to her…
Making my own herbal cream

I have really dry skin. I like face cream and lotions that our rich, smell good and do an excellent job in moisturizing my skin. Today, I decided I would make my own. I'm so glad I did! The ingredients were: …
Hmmm I love the smell of beeswax

Yesterday, we discovered the bees had left one of our hives. No, we didn't have colony collapse. Our bees needed more space and swarmed out to a new home. The funny thing, a few weeks ago I heard bees swarming and wen…
More about the garden

We are creating a Medicine Wheel Garden within our garden space. We also have a natural forest garden with native medicinal plants and wild flowers and of course trees. I hope to have more plants in the forest area by…
United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary

I have always enjoyed learning about nature. I especially like learning about edible plants as well as plants that have medicinal properties. I think it is very important for people to know and understand that there is…
Calendula salve heals quickly

A few days ago I had noticed a red bumpy rash on my right arm near my outer wrist area. It also covered much of my hand. It didn't itch but it didn't look too pretty either. I have no idea why it appeared on my body. …
Calendula Salve

Yesterday I attended an awesome workshop on making your own salves. It was part of a series of workshops put on by Motherhouse. http://www.motherhouse.us I loved every minute of it including getting to come home with…