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Calendula Officinalis (Pot Marigold)
CALENDULA OFFICINALIS After reading about the countless benefits of calendula flowers, last year I sowed a few seeds that I collected from a medicinal garden. They quickly grew and I transplanted them in…
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Making Linen Coffee Filter
Linen Coffee Filter You can easily make a coffee filter out of linen or cotton fabric, by using a paper filter as a pattern.Make sure to wash your finished sewn filter thoroughly so…
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Combing Wool
Combing Wool Here’s a video of me combing wool. It’s a meditative process that is a part of my daily routine.It’s wonderful to see how felted, dusty wool becomes fluffy and cloud like…
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Spinning Wool with Turkish Spindle
Spinning Wool with Turkish Spindle I finally learned how to spin wool. Turkish spindle is a very versatile tool.It dismantles completely so after spinning you have a ball of yarn in your hand…
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Apple Juice Soda Made with Whey
Apple Juice Soda made with whey I just found out that making sodas is a fun an easy thing to do! You can try this recipe with other fruit juices too. Mix ¼…
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Making Cloth Pads
Cloth Pads You can easily make your own menstrual pads with used/unwanted clothes such as sweatshirts or flannel pijamas.They are environmentally friendly and once you get used to using them you can’t give…
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Sourdough Apricot Cake
It’s apricot time in Marpha! The one tree in the garden bears so much fruit that we’re constantly processing them into jam, drying them, even making spicy sauces out of them! Today I…
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Making Cheese with Nettles
Making Cheese with Nettle If you keep your eyes open, you can see that nettle grows wild everywhere .In pavement cracks, abandoned yards..Just look for toothed leaves,hairy stem and if you want to…
