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Natural Conditioner Recipe – Make 10 Herbal Hair Rinses

You don’t have to switch to expensive organic shampoos and conditioners if you want to avoid the chemical overload. You don’t even have to commit to making full shampoo bars from scratch if you’re not ready for the soap making plunge. You can accomplish the same healthy hair results simply by using an herbal hair...

Homestead Blog Hop 555 – 4th of July Recipes

Are you ready for Independence Day? We’re getting together with friends and have sparklers and small fireworks primed and ready. I also make a few recipes each year. My favorite is a super simple cheesecake fluff with berries! Check out the recipe here: Summer Berries and Cream Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Homestead Blog...

Homestead Blog Hop 531 – Closet Hack, au Gratin, and Crafts

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Homestead Blog Hop will take place every Wednesday and is for all things homesteading: real food recipes, farm animals, crafts, DIY, how-to’s, gardening, anything from-scratch, natural home/health, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, natural remedies, essential oils, & more! Basically anything related to homesteading. Meet Your Hosts! Follow Their Blogs Natasha – Houseful...

Homestead Blog Hop 526 – Cookies, Jam, and Activities

Homestead Blog Hop 524 – Thanksgiving Decor Ideas Plus Tea

Homestead Blog Hop 491- Help with Chickens and Crafts

I’m so glad you’ve joined us this week for the Homestead Blog Hop. This week we are featuring an upcycling craft project, chicken care, and what looks like an amazing sandwich recipe. Whether you’re here to add your own recipes and how-to’s or you’re here to support other bloggers and see what new recipes and...

DIY Face Toner for Aging Skin with Rose Water

I absolutely LOVE this face toner recipe. I get very dry skin during the winter and after I wash my face my skin feels tight. I used to say I have crocodile skin and would rush to get lotion, when really the balance of my skin needed to be dealt with first. This DIY face...

20 Insect Repelling Plants to Grow Now

This List of 20 Insect Repelling Plants was a must have for our house. We love to be outside, and the bugs apparently love us. Even though we live in a suburb, we have water nearby and tend to get eaten by bugs, especially around dusk, during the summer. Because of having a small yard,...

Learning About Herbs with an Herbarium

I was recently given a membership to the Herbal Academy of New England’s Herbarium in exchange for an honest, critical review of their resources. What is an Herbarium you ask? Well, an Herbarium is a collection of resources on….Herbs! Plants that you can eat, as well as use for medicinal and other purposes (like herbal...

5 Homemade Car Air Fresheners Easy to Make at Home

My husband finally broke down and got a new car. Well, it’s a lightly used car…and I insisted. The thing is, his lovely 1995 Toyota Corolla was so rusted that when he went to get a shock replaced (he couldn’t budge it himself… and we found out why), our friend said that he was not...

How to Get Started Growing Your Own Herbs

Most herbs are easier to grow than vegetables and fruits. You can get started growing your own herbs today within your kitchen or right outside your door. Why Grow your Own Herbs? Growing your own herbs has a lot of advantages: It is Frugal. A lot of herbs are perennials, depending on your area, and...

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