3 cups of sugar
3/4 cup of olive oil
Juice from one lemon
Zest from two lemons
2 tablespoons of vanilla extract
Jar(s)
Twine
Tags
Put your sugar in a large mixing bowl, then mix in the oil and vanilla extract.
Zest two lemons and add it to the mix. Juice one lemon and add that, too. Then just mix to combine!
30-45 second in the microwave on low power should do the trick, or heat it in a saucepan for a few minutes. You don’t want it boiling or anything – just warm enough to melt.
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
2 heaping Tablespoons of your favorite ground coffee
1-2 Tablespoons of pumpkin pie spice (blend of nutmeg, ginger, cloves and cinnamon)
3/4-1 cup oil, depending on how “wet” you like your body scrub (you want light oils without much of their own flavor or scent in this one, so it doesn’t overpower your other ingredients)
Whisk your sugar into a bowl and breaking it up to get rid of any large chunks.
Next, add in your ground coffee and spices. Mix this all together evenly before adding your oil.
Finally add in your oils. Mix everything together well and then scoop into an air tight container of your choosing.
1 Small Lemon
1 Small Lime
1 Cup Pure Cane Sugar
1/2 Cup Coconut Oil
1 Teaspoon Peppermint Essential Oil/Extract
Mint Leaves, lemon & lime peels (optional)
Combine the oil and all of the moist ingredients, then add the sugar and lemon and lime peels as a garnish, then stir.
1/4 cup carrier oil {Vitamin E, grapeseed oil, almond oil, olive oil}
1/2 c sugar
spearmint essential oil to your taste {I used 10 drops}
5 heads of lavender, pulled apart
Mix, add to your jar and enjoy! Keep in mind that lavender activates when rubbed/broken, so it will be more fragrant in the bath/shower.
a mason jar
coconut oil
raw cane sugar
almond or jojoba oil
and one fragrant rose
Start by putting a large scoop of coconut oil in the bottom of the jar.
Next, pluck your rose petals and put them into the jar on top of the coconut oil.
Add your raw sugar.
Add your almond or jojoba oil on top of the sugar.
Wait a minute for your oil to seep down to the flower petals and then top it off with a little more almond or jojoba oil.
Last but not least, put your lid on and let it sit so the oils can soak into the flower petals.
When you are ready to use it, take a spoon and mash it all up. The coarse sugar will break up the rose petals and they’ll continue to break up as you rub the scrub on your skin.
1 cup ground coffee
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup olive oil
1 Tbsp fresh ground cinnamon
Blend all of these ingredients together in an airtight container.
Use: Massage scrub over clean, damp skin; rinse and pat dry (you might want to use a little soap when rinsing if you don’t want too much oil left behind on your skin).
The scrub will keep for 2 months if kept in a cool, dry place.
5 tablespoons sea salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 lemon
First mix the olive oil and sea salt together. Once the salt gets coated by the oil, the lemon won’t dissolve it! Next cut the lemon in half and squeeze over the salt + oil. Mix and mash.
Find these and many recipes for homemade scrubs here
Fancy creating your own supply of juicy fruits, crunchy vegetables and fresh salad greens? This selection of great foods sprout more-or-less like magic out of the ground—with the minimum of effort. Whether you’ve only a windowsill, garden or balcony, get planting today. Here are ten of the easiest fruit and veg you can grow, with step-by-step instructions from the experts at Garden Organic.
Salad
Lettuce, rocket and other crunchy leaves are easy to grow. Cut them and they keep coming back!
Super-easy to grow indoors all year around
Constant harvest – leaves can be picked over and again and they’ll grow back
Pick’n’ mix your favourite flavours, textures and varieties – peppery rocket, crunchy lettuce, exotic oriental saladini
Complete growing directions
You can grow salad all year inside. Try mixing different lettuces or adding rocket. Oriental varieties work best for winter use – sow in September and they’ll last you until March.
Fill a seed tray with compost.
Toss over about a quarter of a teaspoon of salad seeds.
Cover with a sprinkling of compost, water it carefully and place it on a sunny windowsill.
Don’t let it dry out.
Hint: Try stretching cling film over the top of the tray to keep moisture in. Take it off as soon as seedlings start to appear.
When the plants are about 3in tall you can start cutting them and they’ll keep growing back again and again.
Alternative method: you can grow salad in 12 inch pot or directly in the soil in your garden.
Watering
The easiest way to tell if something needs watering is with your finger: poke it into the soil to test.
If the soil is damp just under the surface, don’t water. If it is dry up to the first crease of your finger then you need to water.
Seeds and seedlings need care when watering – use a fine-head watering can so you don’t over-water them.
It is better to water well infrequently than to sprinkle a little every day.
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