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What do you get when you combine coffee and cocoa? That would be mocha, and it’s just as indulgent in homemade soap, as it is in my hot dandelion mocha beverage. This beautiful layered mocha soap is exfoliating and hydrating and is super-fatted for extra gentleness. As a bonus, keep some in the kitchen to remove food odors from your hands.
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Along with slugs, cabbage moths and cabbageworms can do extensive damage to cabbage plants, and other brassicas such as broccoli, cauliflower or kale. But there are some effective ways to control cabbageworm in your organic garden.
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Dahlia and lemon thyme cough syrup combines the soothing properties of raw honey with the health benefits of dahlia petals, lemon thyme, cinnamon, and ginger. It’s a perfect remedy for calming coughs and soothing sore throats.
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The most frequent questions I get regarding organic gardening concern control of disease and insects. My answer tends to frustrate people, because I believe that the most important thing you can do to ensure a pest-free garden is to build healthy soil that produces healthy plants. We live in an imperfect world, of course, so there will surely be times that you want a few strategies to control slugs and snails in your organic garden.
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While Learning And Yearning is not a gluten-free blog, per se, I try to keep grains in my diet to a minimum. My friend Kara, from Journey Through Homeopathy developed this recipe for her family for gluten free pancakes and they are the best I’ve ever had! So much better than the paleo mix I’ve been using for years.
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We have two beautiful espalier pear trees that are finally, after 5 or 6 years, producing enough pears that I am able to can some for winter use. And we really enjoy these canned pears sweetened with maple syrup instead of sugar.
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