Garden 2024

Garden 2024

Bymiranda

I have a wanna be green thumb. By which I mean I can sort of keep plants alive, but my skills could use some improvement. Usually every year I improve upon my previous years garden, but am faced with new challenges. Over the years I’ve decided to keep trying to grow certain plants, giving up…

Dandelion Oil
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Dandelion Oil

Bymiranda

I decided that I wanted to do something with skin care. So I heard about how Dandelions actually have anti-aging properties when used in skin care, as well as loads of other benefits. So first I had to dry them (which was in the previous blog post: Drying Flowers ) And now that our flowers…

Preserve Nature’s Beauty: A Guide to Drying Flowers and Understanding Its Benefits

Preserve Nature’s Beauty: A Guide to Drying Flowers and Understanding Its Benefits

Bymiranda

Flowers can be dried and used in many different things. Salves, Soaps, or even making teas and adding to bath salts or bath bombs. Many people will think about drying flowers as something hard and time consuming, but in reality, while it is time consuming, hard it is not. There are different types of ways…

Irish Soda Bread

Irish Soda Bread

Bymiranda

One of the first traditions I started when I got married is making Irish Soda Bread for St. Patricks’ Day. I remember finding the recipe on Pinterest first, and the first year I made it I also made homemade butter with it. Normally, I always loose the normal Soda bread recipe I used, and scramble…

Homemade Applesauce

Homemade Applesauce

Bymiranda

The thought of making applesauce from scratch I still remember was overwhelming. Until a friend of mine told me “Just think of it like making Mashed potatoes!” and then suddenly the thought wasn’t so scary. I never even thought about making applesauce from scratch until I had a constant supply of apples thanks to the…

basic blanket repair

basic blanket repair

Bymiranda

When Daniel and I first started living together, we stayed in a room that was basically the size of a small office cubicle. The inside wasn’t insulated, so we had a small heater we used for warmth, and we also had this very warm blue checkered blanket. You know how babies have a special blanket?…

DIY Scrub

DIY Scrub

Bymiranda

I’m not normally the type of person who is eager to make these DIY beauty hacks, and things. But a coworker was educating me on the benefits of a sugar scrub, and that sat in the back of my mind for a good few weeks until one stormy day I decided it was time to…