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2 Best Natural Remedies for Ant’s Infestation How to get rid of ants in your house? Soapy water and vinegar are 2 best natural remedies to deter ants. Undiluted white vinegar annoys them and might destroy some. However, soapy water destroys them right away in contact. Any soap used in your house can be used....

  It is in the mint family Lamiaceae. It is a weed that spread easily in shaded areas. It has kidney shaped leaves along a square stem (a typical stem shape for plants in the same family as mint). It has purple flower early spring around May in zone 5. Bees loves the flower. When…

  This infused honey help my children’s throat when they have cough. I like  to have a quart jar of it in the fridge for winter. During the preparation, I keep adding more onion green and more honey until the jar is full and I let it in the fridge for at least a month…

  1 Part Herb Infused Oil 1 Part Cocoa Butter Direction Heat water in a pot. Put enough cocoa butter in a jar and let the jar sit in the hot water until it melts. Take the jar off the water. Add equal part of herb infused oil. Stir and let it cool before closing…

  Dry Herb Leaves Extra Virgin Olive Oil Direction Use a mortar and a pestle to grind the dry herb. Transfer the ground herb to a glass jar. Add olive oil to cover the herb. Stir and add more oil to completely cover the herb. Close the jar and set in a dark area. Times…

  Fresh Leaves of a Medicinal Herb  or Cooking Herb Our Store Direction Harvest fresh leaves in the morning after the drew evaporated. Harvest clean leaves and no need to rinse them. Hold few leaves together and tie the stems with a string. Hook each string on a cloth hanger and hang in the basement,…

It is good to build ones own herbal medicine cabinet to treat minor health problems without relying on over the counter medicine that much. A herbal medicine cabinet consists of a collection of medicinal herbs preserved fresh or dry and used as tea, tincture, infusion, poultice to help with minor discomforts. One of the medicinal…

Homemade Socks Two weeks ago I purchased crew socks for my toddler boys. He is still wearing his infant socks but because they are short, when I pick him up to go outside, his skin is exposed to cold. I was hoping to find long socks that would prevent this. The crew socks we purchased…

  Baking Soda  or Washing Soda Vinegar Rags (old socks, bath towels) For socks I just asked my husband for old socks he doesn’t use. For towel, we have a bunch of old ones stored and I cut them in 2 or 4. I didn’t bother sewing the edges. They fray but I am OK…

Palm Nut (picture from eia-international.org) Palm Oil is naturally red. Its red color comes from the Carotenes such as beta carotene and lycopene, the same found in carrots and tomatoes.

Raw Shea Butter is full of nutrients and has many healing properties for the body. Buying the best quality can actually save you money as it has many uses in your house.

Did you know: Many food even after they are cooked contain some pesticides residue?

Does Lye Soap truly meet Organic Standard to be called organic soap?

Who doesn’t use hand sanitizer. It can be seen everywhere: hospital, restroom, car, purse, kitchen to name a few. Do you want to learn the truth about hand sanitizer and how to make your own in a natural way?

There is generally a preference on USDA certified organic products. However does USDA really certify personal care products?

Natural Deodorant, Made All Natural Who hasn't used an antiperspirant/deodorant before? I liked using them a lot. I have never care about what they are made of a lot as long as they keep me from stinking. After switching to true soap, lye soap, I decided to go natural on deodorant. Most deodorants on the...

Do you use body cream?  Do you like to make your own?

Paperless Towels: DIY Cost Effective Going paperless towel is cost effective if you are a heavy user of paper towel like I was.

Natural Alternatives for Paper Towel (Previous) Alternatives for Paper Towel Kitchen Towel: It can be used as regular paper towel and thrown in the dirty basket waiting to be washed. However, it can be costly to replenish your house with it. Similarly, it can cost on energy bill to dry them in the dryer as…

How many paper towel rolls or sheets do you go through in a week? Paper Towel is a quick towel to go to after washing hands whether at home, at work, whether in the kitchen or bathroom. It has many uses. It cleans messes and spills, wraps food… It does it all especially in a…

For a lye soap to last longer and produce a creamy lather, it requires this last category of oils.

Coconut has many uses and benefits Some part of the World where it is grown, coconut meat is consumed as a snack; coconut juice is a tonic that helps malaria patients in their convalescence; coconut oil is used in cooking and as well as a body cream.

Do you think hand washing clothes belongs to cave man time? In some occasions, that is just the best way of handling your clothes. Even some dry clean clothes can be hand washed. Back to the basics.

According to FDA, there are very few true soaps on today’s market. Most commercial soaps and body wash are just synthetic detergent products.