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Forgotten herb: mugwort
Oh wow, that's a terrible name. This herb could be the cure for cancer (unlikely, but follow me here), and everyone would overlook it because it's called mugwort. In the plant world, you've got to be in some serious purgatory to be slapped with a name like mugwort...or...that's how we'd see it now. In ancient…
My three priorities for brightening up our farmhouse kitchen lighting
Lighting was a tough one in our kitchen design. Not because I didn't know what I wanted...but because I knew exactly what I wanted down to minor details, and it took months of searching to track down. Our farmhouse kitchen lightening scheme started with three key priorities.
Why I went over budget on our farmhouse kitchen hardware and…sure, you want to know how much?
It's a subtle design point, but I think it makes a world of difference in our Early-American farmhouse kitchen renovation. Hardware. The handles, knobs and pulls that make our cabinets functional. It took me two tries to get the right look with our farmhouse kitchen hardware. Quite a first-world journey.
How (and why) there are no toekicks under my kitchen cabinets
Toekicks? What are they and, if you don't want them, what else can do put underneath your kitchen cabinet?
I wanted to know, maybe you do too?…2018 farmstand culture blog superlatives
I wanted to know, maybe you do too...what were my most liked, most talked about and most viewed posts in 2018?
And, seriously, what's with you people and turkeys?
How I made one change to stop wrinkles around my mouth
I'm 37 now. And two years ago, I started to notice wrinkles around my mouth. If you thought I was going to tell you about an all-natural cream or DIY face mask to reverse the signs of aging, I'm not. I used something much more immediately effective to stop wrinkles around my mouth from getting worse...
3 of the best essential oils for upset stomachs
Essential oils are one of many all-natural remedies to help a tummy ache. They are pure, powerful and effective. If someone in my family complains of tummy trouble, I use a blend of three essential oils for upset stomachs. Find out which essential oils helped my husband's upset stomach and turned him from an annoyed skeptic to a calm, happy user of essential oils.
Forgotten herb: balsam apple
A funny thing happened on the way to the drug store...ah, this is so me. We were on vacation in the Florida Keys, and I took a short walk across the street to pick up a few things at the drug store. I stopped to admire a pretty bush with silvery leaves, and something bright caught my eye. A neon orange, spikey fruit called the balsam apple dangling from a vine. I had to know more.