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We had such a great day on Sunday with all the making of peach salsa with heirloom tomatoes and tomato ketchup with Okanagan sweet tomatoes! I had to share our results! The ketchup recipe is from the book Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It and Other Cooking Projects from Karen Solomon. We used the Okanagan...
Why are you scared to make a lotion, a shampoo bar, a conditioner (and so on)? What’s holding you back from getting into the workshop and trying something new? I know, there’s the chance of wasting supplies, and wasting time, but those wastes will teach you something you can use for your next project, which...
The Presidents of the United States had it right when they sang about peaches – there are indeed million of peaches, peaches for me and Raymond and Wanda and my mom and everyone else I know! (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, click here for the video, which is a good representation of a...
Okay, so not everything in the world is a chemical. (Shock and horror! Gasp!) Electrons, protons, and neutrons are not chemicals – they’re parts of a chemical, but not chemical themselves. (Thank you to my wonderful husband for pointing THAT out!)When should we include panthenol? Everything I’ve read indicates the liquid form can be heat...
I’ve been agonizing over this post for a few days now over this recipe because my original recipe adds up to 105 grams, so if I add 50 grams of water and 0.25 grams of preservative, the grand total of the product will be 155.75. So I could just leave the recipe as is and...