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March Classes
Thursday, March 6th, 2008Here are the classes for March:
Plant & Soil Sale - March 7th,8th & 9th
Fairy Landscape - March 8th
Sowing Edible Seeds - March 15th
Soap Making - March 16th
Spring Garden Wreath - March 29th
**Closed Easter Sunday***
Upcoming Events:
Garden Talk - April 5th
Sweet Pea Day - April 12th
Craft Fair - April 19th
Rose Talk - April 26th
Mother’s Day Dessert - [...]
Rose Talk with Jack Shoultz
Friday, January 11th, 2008Saturday, January 19, 2008. 1:00pm FREE!
Jack Shoultz is an award winning exhibitor, award winning arrangement exhibitor and a consulting rosarian for the American Rose Society. Come and enjoy our garden setting and learn all you can about these beautiful flowers that we all love to grow.
Holiday Ideas
Saturday, November 18th, 2006This is the time to get your holiday soaps made! You have a couple more weeks! Some of our favorites are Cinnamon & Spice, Gingerbread and Apple Vanilla. For an 8 pound batch we recommend you put:
Gingerbread: 1 1/2 oz. gingerbread fragrance oil
~marbling optional with cinnamon powder (from your kitchen cupboard)
Cinnamon & Spice: 1 1/2 [...]
The Origin of Soap
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006A tale out of ancient Rome tells us how soap was invented. The story is as follows:
A woman was bent over a river washing clothes at the bottom of Sapo Hill. Above her was an area where animals were ritually sacraficed. She began to notice that every time she did her laundry at this spot, they ended up much cleaner [...]
Stick Blender
Friday, August 25th, 2006Here is a picture of what a stick blender looks like.
Strawberries & Cream Soap
Saturday, July 1st, 2006We just made one of our favorite summer soap, “Strawberries & Cream”. We added red dye to half the batch, the other half we left white and swirrled the two together. We finished it off with some poppy seeds and the soap looks great!
We want Tips!!!
Friday, June 30th, 2006Please post tips and any tricks you have found to work. Our favorite is the stick blender. 3 minutes of magic and your soap is done!
Soap Ideas
Friday, June 30th, 2006Here is a good place for everyone to post their ideas on what types of soap to make and any recipes you have and want to share. We are always open for new ideas. Please share yours!
