Friday the heat index was predicted to be up to 100°.  It reached 98°F in our area. Weeding is still at a halt for me.  Just not worth ...

Remember all of that lemon balm I grew?   I dehydrated it for teas and tincture making.   Well it's tincture time.  I'm making al...

In the past, I have used a poultice to place on my eyes for eye relief.  I believe I made it from chickweed. I'd have to read over my pa...

First thing yesterday morning, after warming up with a pot of hot organic coffee, I put corned beef into the crock pot.  Yum.  It smelled ...

On Monday I totally forgot to post a Happy Homemaker post.  Sorry about that.  I had a "paperwork" day with bill paying, filing. I...

I have finally ordered, and received my bottles to properly bottle and label my tinctures. Guess how I "washed" my bottles and d...

(sorry for the blurry picture) I strained the two tinctures I made recently - mullein, and bilberry .    Now I'm ready to make one ...

I drained the last jar of lemon extract I had in the making.  this will last about a year or longer in our house.  It's not used as m...

I finally made it to the store to get vodka to make a mullein tincture. I used fresh mullein .  I've read that you do not want to c...

In September of 2015, I made my first catnip tincture.  I used a portion of it for making homemade bug spray, which works wonderfully by t...

The mosquitoes are terribly thick this year, and we are seeing swarms of them in areas we never saw before. So...... I decided to dig a ...