beeswax

Miss Em, bought on MadeIt

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Farm Balm

Smells and feels gorgeous, recommend product, thankyou.

A poem about bees

Submitted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 01:47

At the Taree Envirofair yesterday where we had a stall selling our goat's milk soaps and lip balms, and selling Sun Baked cookies from our Sun Ovens, I had one of those magic moments.

Our kids always find something to amuse themselves with at the markets, whether it be a fellow stallholder's puppy, other kids to play football with, or as was the case yesterday...a drumming workshop and face painting too! But our 9 year old daughter also sometimes uses part of our stall to sell her poetry.

Honeycomb Valley Products Getting the Glam Treatment

Submitted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 01:25

Had the lovely pleasure of meeting Linda Dawson, the other day.

Nintendo DS meets The Butter Churn

Submitted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 04:16

I'm sitting here chuckling at what a varied life our children are leading. I can't help but smile when I think how we're trying to bridge their world from the techno side to the eco/capable side.

Making Our Raw Honey & Beeswax Lip Balms

Submitted on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 02:09

Like the slow food movement, there's also a return to more natural, less toxic beauty products...and that's a great thing! Take lip balms for example, we know a lot of people who get super dry lips and put on vaseline, petroleum byproducts and other synthetic lip balms.

What on earth is synthetic beeswax?

Submitted on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 03:11

What on earth is synthetic beeswax and why on earth do we need it? That's the question I asked when I checked out the ingredients on one of my daughter's chemist-suggested eczema creams only to discover it said "synthetic beeswax". It got me wondering...who makes it? (perhaps Cyborg bees?). What's in it? (perhaps petrochemical honey & plastic flowers?)... and what does it mean for my little one's skin and overall health :) .

Oh my Gourd!

Submitted on Monday, February 15, 2010 - 12:31

I skipped this year's gourd planting (too busy making goats milk soap), but last season I planted heaps of varieties in mini raised tyre garden beds (I figured it was okay to use tyres because we weren't going to be eating the gourds). The tyre beds were the easiest way for me to get the gourds growing without worrying too much about the boggy clay paddock. And they were the cheapest too as the local mechanic was only too happy to donate the tyres for the purpose.

So...if you're planning on planting gourds, get ready for some work!