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Making the Perfect DIY Gifts by Making Substitutions in DIY Herbal Recipes

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Tweak those DIY gift recipes by making substitutions that will create the perfect gift for each recipient on your list. Making substitutions in your DIY herbal recipes When you are making herbal recipes for gifts or personal use you sometimes want to make substitutions for the ingredients called for in the recipe.  It might be […]

21 Tips for Zone 3 Gardening Success for a Harvest You Can Count On

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While some may consider zone 3 gardening to be a challenge, there are actually many ways to have a productive garden and an abundant harvest. Let’s explore the fruit, vegetables, and perennials that do well growing on my zone 3 homestead.   First a word about “hardiness zones.” Hardiness zones tell you what the coldest expected […]

Kid-Safe Shower Soothers for Crabby Littles Who Need a Good Sleep

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Shower soothers are convenient for those times when kids are inconsolable and exhausted.  They are inexpensive and quick to make.  Keep a batch close by for this busy season.  You’ll be so glad you thought ahead. After a long day at relatives houses, or out shopping for Christmas gifts, kids can get overwhelmed with all […]

Soothing Shower Melts for Cold and Flu Relief so You Can Breathe Again

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Shower melts are like bath bombs for the shower.  They are a small tablets that sit on the floor of the shower and release soothing essential oils into the steam, as they melt.  They can soothe congestion and elevate your mood, restoring clarity and soothing irritability quickly.  When you don’t have time to sit in […]

What Can You Do With an Herbal Education? Exploring 21 Herbal Livelihoods

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So you’d like to be an herbalist?  This road map of herbal livelihoods will help you discover your next step. When a person first encounters herbal remedies and finds out they actually work, a new path opens before them. It’s like wandering through a forest and coming upon a trail. You can trust in the […]

Aromatherapy Shower Tablets to Calm and Restore

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These aromatherapy shower tablets infuse your daily shower with calming rose fragrance from natural essential oils and rose hydrosol.  Rose has been found to balance the emotions, relieve nervous tension, and uplift the mood.  Lavender essential oil is calming and relaxing.  Lemon is uplifting. A little goes a long way. When I created these aromatherapy […]

15 DIY Immune Boosting Remedies to Help You Resist this Winter’s Viral Storm

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Use these 15 DIY immune boosting remedies to prepare your body for this winter’s viral storm surge.  Your health is in your hands. In the northern hemisphere we are heading into the dark days of winter.  For many of us this is the time our bodies are most likely to fall prey to viruses, bacterial […]

10 Medicinal Herbs You Can Forage in the Fall Even If You Don’t Have a Garden

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These medicinal herbs that you can forage in the fall will stock up your herbal apothecary for the dark days.  Forage for them now before the ground freezes.   How has your fall been so far?  We’ve had frost for about a month with one night going down to -5C.  That pretty much killed the […]

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