Today my daughter and I took a class on identifying edible vs toxic mushrooms in the wild. Since I was little I always wanted to know which mushrooms I could and couldn't eat but no matter how many times friends with mushroom knowledge would point out an edible mushroom I just didn't trust it. Growing up my mother was a wealth of knowledge when it came to edible and medicinal plants but not when...
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WONDERFUL SURPRISES IN THE GARDEN
June 12, 2022
A few years ago we decided to remove the majority of our grass in the front yard to make room for pollinator gardens. We removed about 1/2 of the lawn and planted numerous Minnesota natives to feed butterflies and bees. In our backyard we added several native trees to help feed the birds. Immediately we started seeing the benefits of both. The birds come to the trees to nibble on the fruits and the...
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SOAPS CURRENTLY FOR SALE
May 13, 2022
The following soaps are currently on the website for sale. At the end of May I'll be uploading the Spring collection.All of these soaps are made with skin loving butters and oils: almond oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, olive oil, babassu oil, shea butter, and mango butter.&nb...
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WE HAD FUN AT THE SHEPHERD'S HARVEST FESTIVAL!!
May 12, 2022
My daughter and I have been attending the Shepherd's Harvest Festival for years and this year I decided it would be fun to apply to sell my soap there. All artists are juried so I was ecstatic when I got in. It's always nice knowing event organizers love the look of my soaps as much as I do. Here's my daughter Maya bundled up in the morning before the sun warmed up the building. The Shepherd's...
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HOMESCHOOL COMING TO AN END
April 23, 2021
It's hard to believe that we started our homeschool journey in 2013 and it's now 2021. I wasn't very good about keeping up with posts on here about what did and didn't work for us with home education but I think I'll post more about that soon. As for right now my daughter is in her last year of homeschool because she has decided public school is where she wants to be starting this fall. I'm very excited...
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IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR: HOLIDAY SOAP TIME!!
December 5, 2020
I love this time of year so much because of all the wonderful holiday soap fragrances that come out and then thinking of cool soap designs to go with them. The following are some of the soaps I made this year. My favorite is the fruity gum drop batch. I just love the bright colors and that gum drop mold is too cute! I intended on making 12 small batches of soap before December 1st but didn't quite...
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