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Homemade Natural Deodorant
Spoon into a small, glass container. Making my own deodorant was one of those things I thought about doing for a long time but never got around to. Dab a tiny amount on your finger and rub under each arm, once or twice a day, as needed.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Peach ... Something
Cool slightly, and stir in the remaining chopped peaches. Pour into a crumb crust, if using, or simply chill a few hours and serve with sugar cookies, ice cream or pound cake. You might also enjoy these Locavore Recipes: A History of Peaches Stuffed Peaches...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
You Can Have Your Canna and Eat it, Too
The only instructions I could find on baking raw tubers indicated that they needed to bake at a low temperature for up to 12 hours. It tasted a bit like water chestnuts, but had a slightly bitter aftertaste.I prepared the tubers for cooking by washing...
California
El Segundo
Gardener\'s Hand Cream
If you're allergic to corn, try arrowroot powder or tapioca starch instead. Whip the shea butter until light and fluffy. While you can leave it unscented, you can tweak it with you favorite essential oils—lavender, rose, jasmine, peppermint, spearmint...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
An Easy Hack To Improve Your Seed-Sowing Success
It's quick, efficient and, frankly, kind of fun. It will take a bit of experimenting until you find what works best for each of the particular seeds you're sowing in regards to the required hole size in the bag and the number of seeds to be mixed in with...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
List of Root Vegetables
Potatoes are one of the world's main dietary staples.In addition to the potato, other tubers and some bulbs are sometimes classed with root vegetables, although in strict botanical terms they are not roots.
California
Santa Monica
Going to the beach to pick plums?... YES, Beach Plums!!
Add butter in with fingertips until coarse meal forms. I had never heard of them! The taste was outstanding and I wanted some for my own garden. Last fall I received a gift package containing 2 jars of beautiful claret colored homemade jelly, made from...
California
El Segundo
Gardener\'s Tip: Properly Space Small Seeds
It's targeted at aiding the gardener in attaining proper spacing. I received a copy of a lovely new seed-starting guide written by Barbara Ellis, one of my favorite garden writers.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
A Plant That Closes Its Leaves at Night
Guayacan (Porlieria angustifolia), hardy in USDA zones 8 through 10, isn't well known outside of its native Texas. Verawood, a small tree with orange flowers and glossy green foliage that closes at night, is hardy in USDA zones 10B through 11.
California
Santa Monica
Hot Weather Ground Covers: Growing Ground Cover In Zone 9 Gardens
Give it moist, loose soil in either partial shade or full sun locations.) – Ornamental grass is a popular choice for the landscape, especially those that provide ground coverage like.
Ohio
Willoughby
Root crops for Beginners
Works just as well.3. Melt a dollop of vegetable spread into the soup adds more flavour to it.4. You could use a blender to make the vegetables pasty, but just mashing it preserves its original fibre and texture.
California
El Segundo
Apple Pan Dowdy
It's a dessert each cook can make her own. You might also enjoy these Locavore Recipes: Cornmeal Apple Pancakes Apple-Solutely Applesauce Read more of Locavore Recipes » Tags Apple Pan Dowdy , apples , cottage pudding , Hausman , Hungry Locavore , Judith...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Wallaby Proof Plants: Tips On Keeping Wallabies Out Of Gardens
Place plants that attract wallaby so they have an area they prefer to forage. However, these animals are an important natural resource and this isto control the marsupials. Wildlife pests vary from region to region.
Ohio
Willoughby
Tomato Soup
Reserve the juice and seeds though. I consider them soup. Alice's recipe then asks you to saute a medium sliced onion (and a leek, which I omitted) in a combination of butter and olive oil and then to add two garlic cloves.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Let\'s Make Ginger Beer
It is not difficult to see similarities between plants within this order. An alternativeemploys soda water (really as much a ginger ale as a beer). Just as your garden is potentially a healthy and economical source of ginger, brewing ginger beer or ale...
California
El Segundo
In-between Time
The high sugar content and (often) vinegar in these concoctions assure little risk of spoilage and make the canning process easier, too. Eggplant, tomatoes, basil and squash come in together for glorious ratatouille and minestrone.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
I (Heart) Pockets!
Why, they are practically an impulse of human nature! Whatever filling you choose, make sure it isn't too wet or your pocket will be soggy. Cut pie crust circles or triangles from puff pastry sheets.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
About Wasabi Plants: Can You Grow A Wasabi Vegetable Root
Grinding the root finely into a thick paste is the key to releasing the sharp flavor of wasabi. In fact, wasabi is often referred to as Japanese horseradish.Wasabi plants are native perennials found along stream beds in mountain river valleys in Japan.
Ohio
Willoughby
Figgy pudding, English Christmas pudding, and boiled plum pudding for the holiday season
It is also traditional for every one who lives in the household to simultaneously hold onto the wooden spoon, help stir the batter for the pudding, and make a wish."2 eggs, a pound of suet, a pound of bread crumbs (inscan't describe any more clearly than...
California
El Segundo
Trees to Textiles - Pacific Tapa
Flowers, fish, seashells, birds, even rifles, are depicted on the finished pieces.These designs are painstakingly added by hand, interwoven amongst the initial patterns.The finished piece of tapa can represent weeks or even months of work.
California
El Segundo
Turkish Delight: an International Treat for the Holidays!
I considered the Turkish coffee cooling in my little cup, but thought better of it.Turkish Delight only recently resurfaced in my memory, when I learned that a friend I haven't seen for at least 20 years, is traveling in Turkey.
California
El Segundo
Wheat - you can live without it!
Her recipe involves a second, even more complicated step: splitting each layer of the torte in half again horizontally, then spreading chocolate mousse (made during the 22 minutes it takes the torte to bake) between the layers, on the sides and on top.
California
El Segundo
Homemade Baby Food How-to
Keep the salt and preservatives away from your baby by learning how to make homemade baby food. This way, you'll keep harmful pesticide and fungicide residues out of your baby's food, and the fresher the produce is, the more nutrients it will retain.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Eating from the Lipstick Tree
The pulp of the fruits were traditionally used as an insect repellant and a sunscreen, and to make body paint and ink for writing. In China, it is used to deepen the color of roasted pork.The Aztecs also added annatto to hot chocolate, to deepen the color...
California
El Segundo
The Brazilian (Canna) Skipper
By land, the Canna hosts moved northward to the U.S., yard to yard via transplanted by neighbors like us sharing the plant. The Brazilian Skipper is 100% butterfly, even though it has been commonly mistaken for a moth.
California
El Segundo
A Garden of Cupcakes
Meanwhile, combine egg yolks, rosemary and sugar in the top of the double boiler and whisk until smooth, about 1 minute. Repeat with the remaining strawberry mixture. Line two muffin pans with cupcake papers.In a large bowl, whisk together the flour,...
California
El Segundo
Making Cherry Pie from Your Own Cherry Tree
My in-laws make annual trips toin NC to stock their freezer with cherries for my mother-in-law's famous cherry pie. I don't mind sharing with the birds, as long as it's only sharing.
California
El Segundo