Latest Blog Posts for The Scented Home and Garden

• Project - Make Lavender Oatmeal Soap
  on Oct 30, 2011
  “Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit.” - Lillie Langtry Making your own soap at home, like cooking from scratch, is a great way to know and control the ingredie...
• Bee Friendly
  on Oct 27, 2011
  “The solitary Bee, Whose buzzing was the only sound of life, Flew there on restless wing, Seeking in vain one blossom where to fix.” - Robert SoutheyButterfly and hummingbird gardens are quite popular, and many gardeners select plants with the pu...
• Teas for the Tub
  on Oct 23, 2011
  "There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them." –Sylvia PlathEveryday life is full of stress these days.  One of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to relax and relieve stress is soaking lei...
• Deer in the Garden
  on Oct 20, 2011
  "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed." --Francis BaconThe deer population is on the rise.  It is estimated that the number of deer living in the United States has risen from about 300,000 in 1930 to 30 million today.  More deer are bein...
• Lavender in the Laundry
  on Oct 16, 2011
  And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep, In blanched linen, smooth, and lavender’d – John KeatsLavender has a long history of use in the laundry.  Its name comes from the Latin term lavare, meaning “to wash”, and it has been used for c...
• Ramblings on Roses
  on Oct 12, 2011
  Some roses are very lush and others are orderly. Each one appeals to a different kind of person. - Victoria Pearson  Zephirine Drouhin climbing rose still blooming in October  A scented garden could never be complete without an ab...
• Woodstove Words of Wisdom
  on Oct 9, 2011
  “To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world.” -Charles Dudley Warner Although we’ve been enjoying unseasonably warm daytime temperatures here, it’s still cool at night and woodstove season is not far of...
• Beguiling Bee Balm
  on Oct 5, 2011
  “People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.”  - Iris Murdoch Monarda didyma reblooming in September Flowers are not the main attraction for ma...
• Beguiling Bee Balm
  on Oct 5, 2011
  “People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.”  - Iris Murdoch  Monarda didyma reblooming in September  Flowers are not the main attraction fo...
• Project - Make Carpet Freshener
  on Oct 1, 2011
  "Those herbs which perfume the air most delightfully, not passed by as the rest, but, being trodden upon and crushed, are three; that is, burnet, wild thyme and watermints.” -  Frances Bacon     Lemon Balm  Comm...

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