I sew a lot during the winter. Mostly clothes for my Victorian collection of clothes. This leaves me with several bags of scraps. I divide them up by colors, and put them aside for something. I never know what, but I know they'll come in handy for something. For some reason, I have the Depression Era mentality.
I was going through my fabric stash, and realized I could make a nice blanket as a gift for one of our neighbors. She is older, and is always cold. A nice warm lap quilt should do the trick. The best part of it is, she is my sewing buddy. She has taught me more things about sewing than I could ever learn elsewhere. She went to school for sewing back in the 1920's. Her knowledge is something I cherish.
The scraps are divided, and now I will cut them into squares to make the quilt. I know she will love it.
Cabin Fever
Cabin fever has long set in. We are tired of snow. We are tired of white. We are elated on days where it warms up to the 40's because the snow starts to melt. Dripping can be a beautiful sound.
During the next few weeks, we will begin looking at the seed catalogs again, and actually get down to ordering them. Even though we save seeds, we still wind up buying some.
This year, we are trying a couple of new varities of tomatoes from Johnny's Selected Seeds. We like the looks and the description of the Striped Cavern, and the Japanese Black Trifele. With the Japanese Black Trifele, you can hollow them out like a bell pepper and make stuffed tomatotes. My mouth is watering as I think of all the delicious dishes, sauces and salsas that I can make using these tomatoes.
During the next few weeks, we will begin looking at the seed catalogs again, and actually get down to ordering them. Even though we save seeds, we still wind up buying some.
This year, we are trying a couple of new varities of tomatoes from Johnny's Selected Seeds. We like the looks and the description of the Striped Cavern, and the Japanese Black Trifele. With the Japanese Black Trifele, you can hollow them out like a bell pepper and make stuffed tomatotes. My mouth is watering as I think of all the delicious dishes, sauces and salsas that I can make using these tomatoes.
Herbal Baby Products
Our products are natural, pure, and organic. We like it that way, and so do our customers.
We now have a line of all natural organic herbal baby products.
We now have a line of all natural organic herbal baby products.
Autumn's Baby Products were created for our little granddaughter and your baby will love them too.
We use organic herbs, oils and essential oils and formulate them into the best natural baby products on Earth.
Natural Products With Vaseline?
I have said this before, but I will say it again. Every product that says it is all natural, is not always completely natural.
Natural products are NOT created equal.
We are proud to formulate genuinely pure, 100 % all natural and organic products.
There are however, other companies and websites out there that are claiming to be all natural, and clearly aren't when it gets down to ALL the ingredients.
I am always surfing the internet for one thing or another. It bothers me when I come across a site that uses fragrance oils. Fragrance oils are not the least bit natural! Fragrance oils of any kind are chemically produced in a laboratory somewhere. There is no such thing as strawberry or lilac essential oil. If you find those in a "natural product", then the product isn't truly natural.
While doing research and keeping up to date with current herbal information, I an on the internet more often than I would like. Today, I came across a site, that was suppose to be selling a 100 % all natural acne cream. As I was reading down through the list of ingredients, I was horrified to see Vaseline at the bottom of the list. They actually use Vaseline as the base for their acne cream. Does this company actually believe that because crude oil comes from the Earth, that Vaseline is all natural? Vaseline is petroleum. Petroleum does not occur in nature! It is manufactured from crude oil! Do you really want to put that on your skin? Petroleum is not healthy for your skin.
It also gets my goat when people put the ingredients in their botanical name. I happen to know them, but the average person does not. It looks to me that they are trying to make their products look more mysterious than they really are. Example; the herbs apis cera, calendula officinalis, passiflora incarnarta, and rosa damascena. Those are the Latin botanical names for beeswax, calendula, passion flower, and rose. Why not just use the common names along with the Latin names, so people understand what they are putting on their skin?
When you buy from Cloverleaf Farm, you can be assured that all our products are 100% natural and organic!
We don't hide behind Latin,botanical names; we publish all ingredients in English.
We use only 100% pure organic essential oils to scent our products...no fragrance oils ever.
We are proud to be pure!
We are proud to formulate genuinely pure, 100 % all natural and organic products.
There are however, other companies and websites out there that are claiming to be all natural, and clearly aren't when it gets down to ALL the ingredients.
I am always surfing the internet for one thing or another. It bothers me when I come across a site that uses fragrance oils. Fragrance oils are not the least bit natural! Fragrance oils of any kind are chemically produced in a laboratory somewhere. There is no such thing as strawberry or lilac essential oil. If you find those in a "natural product", then the product isn't truly natural.
While doing research and keeping up to date with current herbal information, I an on the internet more often than I would like. Today, I came across a site, that was suppose to be selling a 100 % all natural acne cream. As I was reading down through the list of ingredients, I was horrified to see Vaseline at the bottom of the list. They actually use Vaseline as the base for their acne cream. Does this company actually believe that because crude oil comes from the Earth, that Vaseline is all natural? Vaseline is petroleum. Petroleum does not occur in nature! It is manufactured from crude oil! Do you really want to put that on your skin? Petroleum is not healthy for your skin.
It also gets my goat when people put the ingredients in their botanical name. I happen to know them, but the average person does not. It looks to me that they are trying to make their products look more mysterious than they really are. Example; the herbs apis cera, calendula officinalis, passiflora incarnarta, and rosa damascena. Those are the Latin botanical names for beeswax, calendula, passion flower, and rose. Why not just use the common names along with the Latin names, so people understand what they are putting on their skin?
When you buy from Cloverleaf Farm, you can be assured that all our products are 100% natural and organic!
We don't hide behind Latin,botanical names; we publish all ingredients in English.
We use only 100% pure organic essential oils to scent our products...no fragrance oils ever.
We are proud to be pure!
Winter Wonderland
They are already calling it the Groundhog Day Blizzard. It is a white out of day...outside.
Inside, we are baking bread, and making home made soups. We still have fresh squash and pumpkins in our root cellar, so I decided to make a 3 squash soup for lunch. We eat soup a lot in the winter. We stock up on dried beans and peas in December for all sorts of wonderful bean soups...Five Bean (jacobs cattle, northern, lentil, black eyed, red, and white beans) and Triple Berry(spelt berry, wheat berry, and rye berry) are two of our favorites. Cooked on low in our own home made chicken stock makes a yummy, yummy soup.
Later this afternoon, we will be working on getting orders packaged up. We also have two new products that will be coming out soon. Elderflower Rose Day Cream will be available on Monday, and our 3 C's Herbal Healing Salve will be ready for delivery by the end of the month. Just a couple more weeks of the herbs steeping in the oils.
Inside, we are baking bread, and making home made soups. We still have fresh squash and pumpkins in our root cellar, so I decided to make a 3 squash soup for lunch. We eat soup a lot in the winter. We stock up on dried beans and peas in December for all sorts of wonderful bean soups...Five Bean (jacobs cattle, northern, lentil, black eyed, red, and white beans) and Triple Berry(spelt berry, wheat berry, and rye berry) are two of our favorites. Cooked on low in our own home made chicken stock makes a yummy, yummy soup.
Later this afternoon, we will be working on getting orders packaged up. We also have two new products that will be coming out soon. Elderflower Rose Day Cream will be available on Monday, and our 3 C's Herbal Healing Salve will be ready for delivery by the end of the month. Just a couple more weeks of the herbs steeping in the oils.
A Blend of Herbal Oils
Winter is a bit slower here on the farm. Slower is good. Gives us time to develop new herbal healing products.
This winter, we have been working on Herbal Infused Oils. I took the left over dribbles and put them into a bottle. Carrier oils are a bit pricey, and not to be wasted. Here at Cloverleaf Farm, we waste nothing!
This time, we had a bit of Rose and Jasmine Herbal Infused Oil, a tad of Calendula Herbal infused Oil, and just a smidgen of the Lavender Infused oil left over. I put them into a small jar, and Michael has been using it on a rash on his face. Miraculously, the rash seems to be fading. I have been using it on the dry skin on my legs, and it is making them soft and smooth.
Our Herbal Infused Oils are marvellous. Give them a try.
Waste Not, Want Not
Have you ever thought about how much you waste on a daily basis? How much trash do you have by the end of the day? How much electricity do you waste?
We have thought long and hard about these questions and so many more.
For example:
We have thought long and hard about these questions and so many more.
For example:
- When you leave for work, what is your thermometer set at? It only needs to be set about 50. I know, you are thinking "Wow, that is way to cold". Actually, you only need enough heat to keep pipes from freezing. Why would you heat an empty house? Even with pets, they will snuggle up on the couch or bed, and be plenty warm enough. They do have fur coats.
- When you go to bed at night, what do you set your thermometer at? Us, we set ours at 55, and put on an extra blanket. It is actually healthier to sleep in a cooler room than in a hot one.
- How big is your fridge? Is it full, or is there alot of space? We have a 5 cubic foot fridge. That is basically the size of dorm fridge. We also have a chest freezer for meats, and veggies. We cook everything from scratch. An empty fridge makes that electric meter run wild.
- On many evenings, we use candles and oil lamps. It is soft lighting, and makes for a nice, relaxing evening.
- We have a "no electricity day". Usually on Sunday, our no electricity days means just that. No use of electricity, other than what is necessary. In our home, the only necessary electricity that is needed for fridge, freezer and well pump. It makes for a nice quiet day with family too.
We may not have it all perfect, but we save thousands of dollars a year on electric and heating bills.
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