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Hi, I'm Dave and thanks for visiting. I garden in Zone 6b in southern Indiana, and I blog here about gardening, nature and food.
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SOME OF THE BLOGS I FOLLOW
- A Little Bit Of Sunshine
- Allotment2Kitchen
- Annie’s Kitchen Garden
- Bloom Bake Create
- Cold Hands Warm Earth
- Daphne's Dandelions
- Dave's Square Foot Garden
- Eight Gate Farm – New Hampshire
- From Seed To Table
- Garden to Wok
- Good To Grow
- Growing Vegetables Throwing Shade
- Homestead Pirate
- Kentucky Fried Garden
- Mark's Veg Plot
- Mike's Bean Patch
- Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments
- Rainbow Chard
- Seeding the Good Life
- Shawn Ann's Home and Garden
- Suburban Tomato
- The Gardening Me
Category Archives: Soap
2015 Most Visited Pages
When I first started this blog back in 2009, I had no idea if anyone would even read it. I wasn’t exactly sure what I would blog about, though gardening and food were two things that came to mind. I … Continue reading
It’s Soapmaking Time Again
Last week after Thanksgiving my wife and I stayed inside to avoid all of the Black Friday shopping frenzy and made soap instead. We’ve been making cold-process soaps for almost six years now. Our interest in soaps came about after … Continue reading
Sunny Calendula Goat’s Milk Soap
This soap features a blend of olive, coconut and castor oils, plus 20% shea butter. Goat’s milk is used for its moisturizing and emollient properties as well as for the smooth and creamy lather. We use a small amount (up … Continue reading
Monday Recap: The Deep Freeze
We were fortunate last week to come through the latest Snowpocalypse with only about six inches of the powdery white stuff. We couldn’t escape the blast of Arctic air that followed behind it though that sent temperatures plummeting to record … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening, Soap
Tagged Bastille soap, Cats, garlic, greenhouse, lasagna, Monday Recap, neck pumpkin, parsley, pickling, snow, soap, spinach, sweet potatoes, winter squash
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Lavender Honey Bastille Soap
Olive oil has been used both inside and outside the body for thousands of years, especially in Mediterranean cultures where the olive trees flourish. It is loaded with antioxidants, polyphenols and other components that nourish, condition and soften the skin … Continue reading