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Luffa Sponge Seeds-Day 14

I took the picture from above and cropped, so that you can get a good look.  They appear to be doing quite well and will be ready for transplanting into a large pot with a trellis soon.

Luffa Seeds-day 7
Luffa Seeds-day 1
How It All Began

Fall Cleaning And A Fresh Foot Soak

It happened to me-last night.  Has it happened to you-yet?  So here I am looking for a space to store something, I open up one of my storage closets-5 minutes later I am in full blown fall re-organizing mode, which leads to the beginning of big time fall cleaning.   

This will be a good time to try some  more of my homemade cleaning recipes, which I will be publishing here on the blog very soon.  And not just mine, a couple friends have contributed some good easy tips and fresh ideas too.  If you would like to add your favorite tip or home care recipe, please send me an email, we'll add it to the list along with your website/blog link.

This time of year, it is not only the inside that needs to be dealt with, but the outside too.  Lots of raking and preparation for the upcoming months is plentiful.  After you have hauled, picked, pulled, washed and wiped everything in site, take sometime to treat your tootsies to a fresh foot soak.

Soothing Fall Foot Soak

• slice up assorted citrus wheels (oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, limes, lemons)
• pick some fresh fresh flower blooms (jasmine, roses, marigolds, plumeria)
• generous handful of sea salt

Fill a basin with warm water, add fruits, flowers and salt, soak for as long as you like, rinse and pat your feet dry.

Next on the list-my clothes closet where there is a ton of good things waiting to be donated.  Just a thought...before you drop off your donations of clothes, it is a nice idea to have them laundered (if needed) and either folded neatly or hung on hangers.  Then there is no extra work entailed for the people that accept them, which are most likely kind folks volunteering their time to help others.

A look back at days gone by

Busy, busy busy is all I can say people.  Not much time to play on the blog, but in the meantime, may I tempt you with some post's from the past?

Like any food recipe, my love for making homemade kitchen beauty recipes always keeps me thinking about different things:

Even though it is a balmy 80 degree day here in Melbourne, cold weather is beginning to peek through in some areas, a good time to make some tweaks and twists... 

It was a dark, cold winter morning back in February when my skin was in need of some kitchen beauty nourishment.  Being that it was frightfully cold outside, the last thing I was about to do was to slather some cold concoction all over my skin.  That is when I came up with this comforting Warm Oatmeal & Peaches Facial Masque recipe.   

On another morning back in March, while I was cleaning out my refrigerator, I came up with a terrific save for some over-ripe fruit in waste not-want not.  Now we can all have fruit at our fingertips for our fruity beauty recipes.

It seems my mind works best in the morning, but as the day wears on, it is a natural occurrence to let go, relax and unwind.  Make up a big batch of our very popular Stress-Less Herbal Tea Recipe and store it in a beautiful glass jar on your kitchen counter top.  Now you can have the perfect cup of tea that is most enjoyed near days end.

I hope you enjoyed a few of the archives, this blog is packed full of all kinds of things, click around, enjoy and I'll be back soon with an update on the Luffa Sponge plants.  See the last post?  Four days later and the pot is FULL of sprouts, time to transplant the babies soon.  And you don't want to miss my new recipe for Winter Bliss Tea, made from bits of chunky spices and tasty vanilla bean pieces.  If you are planning to make our Organic Vanilla Extract recipe, pick up a few more beans so you will have some extras on hand for this delicious tea.  I think we need to make some organic vanilla sugar too!  ttfn

Luffa Seeds-day seven

One week later and the luffa sponge seeds are just beginning to sprout!

Luffa Seeds-day one

Luffa Seeds-day one

Okay, not much to look at, but my luffa seeds are finally planted.  I'll post pictures and info as they grow (fingers crossed) and after they are big enough, they will go into a larger pot with a trellis, where they will have room to crawl. 

I don't use pesticides, so lets hope the buggies don't take a liking to these.  Everything else has done really well, a little soapy water solution is all I use if something comes up.  If it takes more than that, oh well, to the healing garden it goes.