By Amanda Rose | Natural Remedies
If you’ve wonder where you should travel on your next holiday, maybe it should involve a forest. There is actually research that suggests a trip to the forest can reduce your stress levels (no big surprise) but also build your immunity. In Japan there is a tradition of Shinrinyoku — a leisurely visit to the […]
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Here’s a fun project you can do in your own kitchen with basic kitchen supplies. This project is all about surface tension. Soap will change the surface tension of the milk but you wouldn’t otherwise notice the change without the dye you will add to the milk. Add some spots of dye and watch it […]
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Just before Alastair’s birthday this year we found a piece of 2-year-old birthday cake in the freezer. I wondered what the kids would do if that cake ended up in their Mystery Tasting. Frederick totally went with it. He knew we had an actual cake from this year because he had helped make it the […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Edible Flowers
This is one you are going to want to try. I expect most of us love the idea of using edible flowers in lovely little food items and this may be the easiest idea around. In this “recipe” it’s all about that chocolate and some eye-popping spring flowers. We used violets and dandelions. Using flowers […]
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We love balloons around here. There is no end to the fun you can have blowing them up and chasing them around. The Half Pints have made themselves balloon experts over years and offer some wisdom for you. First, how do you blow up a balloon to be as big as it possibly can be […]
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By Amanda Rose | Natural Remedies
Pardon me while I GUSH about a home remedy for itching. It started one May with relieving a rash from stinging nettle. We were foraging for lambs quarters to make our very green soup and ended up in a stand of stinging nettle as well. I am quite allergic to stinging nettle but I harvested […]
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