Author: wildflowerfarm
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Maple Chip Ice Cream
The early august heat has become unbearable, and the air is so humid it is actually suffocating…. But in the ultra hot almost unbreathable air that burns as it enters your nose, the fragrance of fresh herbs and wildflowers hang and linger. So at least the heat smells beautiful.
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Apple Scrap Vinegar
I promised I would get this up as soon as I could because I already put the cart before the horse in my last post. Where I shared my recipe for laundry detergent and dish soap.
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House Cleaning All Natural!
The sunlight spills in to spite the cloudiness of the sky in the kitchen today. All kinds of fun and interesting things happen in the Wildflower kitchen. Things get canned, dehydrated, created….. Potted……… eaten, thrown out, put away, cleaned, put away, etc…. I like to say that the kitchen is the only place even more…
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Micro Canning Mulberry Jelly
We are expecting storms… I am not yet convinced they will happen but I am hoping… It would save me time watering the garden. I have so much to get to…. But still, like a small leaf riding the wind, the smell of a possible doosy hangs in the air all over the 5 acre…
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Sachets
This project began as a very different project, as is often the case with projects on a farm. You think you know what the end result will be, then it doesn’t go as planned and something even awesomer results. Yes, I just heard myself use “awesomer”… Sometimes when one project turns out to be a…
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In The Secret Garden
The grass tickles my bare feet, usually I hang out bare foot outside in the magical gardens of Wildflower Farm. I have shown off The Humming Bird Herb Garden, already…. Hidden behind an old country fence loaded with vines and hidden by a variety of pretty plants is The Secret Garden. It isn’t particularly hidden……
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The Humming Bird Herb Garden
In the background I hear the tv…. Before I say one more thing and transport you to Wildflower, here with me for a moment… Let me just say… NO JUSTICE NO PEACE! Black Lives Matter. Yes they do. They always have and they always will. It is a disgrace in 2020 that we are having…
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Adventures In Apple Experiments
Just sitting here after the rain… Alone, with the smell of apples, molasses, maple sugar, and cinnamon, wafting through the house, getting caught in the air bubbles of the old barn wood beams of the kitchen… Holding the fragrance so it lasts longer than you would think it should… The beautiful aroma, mixes with the…