I seem to always get bitten in the garden. The Plantain Anti-Itch Balm seems to be working on those. Hubby even reported he used it on his tick bites and it has helped heal them. Well, in a perfect world, I’d like not to get bitten in the first place so I wouldn’t need the…
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Back in the Saddle
Hubby and I just returned from a wonderful 10-day vacation to celebrate our third anniversary and to get away for some rest and relaxation. I’ll tell you more about the trip later, but must say that I’ve never read three books on a vacation ever! I took two and after finishing them, read one of…
Read MoreLavender Bud Denuding
Today I harvested the rest of the Provence and the second Grosso plant. Two more Grosso plants and I will be done with this year’s lavender harvest. I love the smell of lavender in the house. As I was getting the Provence ready to hang to dry, Dave walked into the kitchen. “Sure smells good…
Read MoreFresh Lavender Wreath
It’s been real smelly around here lately. I’ve been harvesting lavender. I harvested Dilly Dilly in Dave’s Butterfly Garden and couldn’t stop singing “Lavender blue dilly dilly, Lavender green dilly, dilly …” Dave hadn’t heard of the song sung by many, but the one I remember was by Burl Ives. If you’ve never heard it…
Read MoreFirst Lavender Harvest
Sunday I harvested my first bunch of 2010 lavender. This particular lavender is Sharon Roberts, an old fashion English Lavender. This is our third year for her, but the first real harvest. Last year with everything going on here, I didn’t do real well at harvesting my lavender. I promised myself I would do much…
Read MoreSoap #4 – Lavender Goat Milk
[donotprint] Well, we are at it again. Yesterday we made our fourth soap – Lavender Goat Milk. We liked the goat milk soaps we purchased in Florida and at a local craft show so we thought we’d try one and add lavender from our garden. Also, I read The Sage blog where they are having…
Read MoreSnowy Morning
We woke up this morning to another 4 or so inches of snow. Even though I’m ready for spring, it was a beautiful sight. I couldn’t believe all of the Cardinals at the feeders. They stuck out against all of the snow.
Read MoreLavender Bath Bags Gifts
[donotprint] Since moving to Happy Acres in 2007, I have much more room and sun to grow plants. I love the smell of lavender so I added several lavender plants to our growing landscape of plants. This year I wanted to make something from our lavender, but since this is the first harvest it needed…
Read MorePlaying With Mason Jars with His Camera
I’ve been taking pictures as long as I can remember. It started with that small Brownie box. I graduated to the digital age when I bought one of my Macs in the early 90s. The digital came free, but didn’t have a flash. I didn’t care since it was digital – instant gratification. My future…
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