We have some beautiful flowering trees and a few rose bushes in our yard. I may be in love with herbs, but I’m here to tell you I am not the best of gardeners when it comes to flowers. I guess I don’t have the patience to care for them daily as I should. So [...]
When my son was enjoying his first summer, he had a problem with heat rash that I just couldn’t seem to get rid of. I remember we had a big picnic when he turned one month old so he could meet a lot of friends that hadn’t seen him yet. I was so excited and [...]
I usually test out my remedies to see how they work before recommending them. This time, I’ll pass. I may be a slave to research, but I draw the line at spraining my own ankle for accuracy in blog posting. All the same, here is a great way to treat sprains naturally, or so I [...]
It’s summertime, and the whole family is more active than usual. That’s great! Get out there and enjoy the fresh air. But when you’ve overdone it and awake with sore muscles, what’s a body to do? The goldenseal liniment is just the natural remedy for your aching muscles that will set [...]
The dkSummerFun Giveaway is all about having safe, earth friendly outdoor fun, and if you’re going to be taking those little ones into the great wilderness, whether it’s camping or just the backyard, you’re probably wondering how you’ll protect them from nasties like mosquitoes and sunburn in the most natural way possible. Thanks to Badger [...]
If there’s one plant everyone should have in their house, it’s the aloe plant. Not only is it virtually impossible to kill, it has so many uses. For healing burns naturally, nothing beats the aloe vera plant. It takes the sting and redness right out of kitchen burns, sunburns, and various other owies.
If you don’t [...]
I’ll never forget my first bee sting. I was about four years old, and it was also probably the first natural remedy I remember receiving. (Except for prune juice, but we’ll have to cover that lovely story another day.) My mother applied the remedy and some kisses, and all the pain went away.
Shortly afterwards, I [...]
If you’ve looked at natural hairsprays at all, you’ve probably noticed you still can’t pronounce half the ingredients. Even if you can, it’s most likely pretty expensive. The hairspray I use is from Giovanni, the most natural I’ve found, and I like it a lot. But it’s about $10 a bottle. So when I stumbled [...]
It’s early in the season, so if you’re going to get burned by the sun, it will probably be now. Maybe you didn’t realize how potent the sun would be, or maybe you’re not in the routine yet of putting sunblock on the kids and now they’re looking a little like tomatoes. Either way, [...]
Is your wee little darling having troubles drifting off to dreamland? I may have just the thing to help. The W.S. Badger Company has sent along a large 2-ounce tin of Night-Night Balm and an adorable stuffed badger for cuddling.
I’ve had a chance to try several of the Badger Balm products, and I [...]
