Chemical-free deodorant is becoming a highly sought after product. I recently bought a “natural” brand of deodorant with hopes that it would be close to what I can make at home but more stable, in a solid stick. It gave me a rash and multiple skin tags under one arm and felt like gritty sandpaper Read More
Herbs are fun to experiment with and we hit a home run with these homemade pretzels. Click here for a printable recipe using no herbs. Makes 16-24 pretzels, several pretzel sticks and a dozen small pretzel bites GO AHEAD, FREEZE THE DOUGH! You can freeze or refrigerate the dough. If this recipe is too much Read More
Our “recipic” for Herbed Blue Hake highlights how ground mustard seed and peppercorns are combined with lavender, thyme, onion, garlic and olive oil to produce a highly aromatic herb mixture that will entice everyone to join you in the kitchen the minute it starts baking! TIPS: Create a tight fit for your fish in a foil covered pan. Read More
I like the video series by Sarah Bader on lavender. I easily remember her tip for pruning. Cut two inches above the start of the soft wood. If you don’t do this in the spring your lavender will end up scraggly and won’t create a nice mound like it’s supposed to. I have Spanish Lavender and Read More
