As I get closer to planting my first successful vegetable garden, I discover more and more things that I don’t know about growing things. First off, you need a lot of plants for an …

Gardening has issues. There’s always something wrong — unless you’re in some kind of plant paradise, you’ve either got bad soil, no sun, no precipitation, locusts, bunnies, squirrels, aphids, or mysterious plant diseases.
Every time …

If you live in the city and have gotten all your food from the grocery story your entire life, you may be wondering what the benefits are of growing your own vegetables. After all, …

Since I’m a nerd, I don’t feel right about doing anything new unless I read a manual or take a class about it. I like the security of having an expert or good instructions …

Bath melts are not something that I make, but they look pretty easy. At their core, both massage bars and bath melts are just a liquid oil (or wax, such as jojoba) melted with …

My son absolutely loves these blocks.
You see, he’s two, which is a naturally destructive age. And he lives for hitting and throwing games, even more than the average two year old. When he …

Over the last year or so, a few bath bombers have asked me about recipes for “shower steamers.” I have to admit, I didn’t know exactly what they were, being out of commercial bath …

When I was growing up, I was friends with three girls — one my age, one my sister’s age, and one in the middle — and their parents didn’t let them watch TV. I …

In my family, we all make one or two things for the Thanksgiving Feast. 7 people make up the core group — two parents, five children — and usually, there are additions of neighbors, …

It’s good to be concerned about the environmental impact of making your own scented products, including perfume.  How eco-friendly is it?  Are essential oils more eco-friendly than other ingredients?  I get these kinds of questions …