Recent content by kasilofchrisn

A lot of my medicinal plants are just forged for in the wild. I don't grow most of them they grow wild in my area.

It's kind of a theme with me. I like to use Alaska grown or in particular something I've grown or harvested whenever I can. I make a blueberry soap (soap Queen recipe) that has real Alaska blueberries in it. Another favorite is my medicinal salves made with local plants. I think we should all...

Well it's that time of year again where we're all using lip balm! So of course what am I to do but make another batch of my Alaska grown lip balm. This lip balm is made using sweet almond oil infused with Alaskan rose petals and Alaskan fireweed flowers. It also contains Alaska grown beeswax...

Its been awhile since I posted in the group but I figured this was worth posting! Gifts from the garden! Last spring I decided to start some calendula flowers when I started my garden veggies. I talked to my mom and she agreed to grow the flowers in one of her flower beds. And today I turned...

Sorry but there's no raw carrots left. Well not the black nebula anyway. I do have some Bolero, Hercules, and sugar snack carrots left but they're just a typical orange carrot. I haven't yet played around with hot process soap. So most likely I'm just going to start with making a cold processed...

I'm out of town for work right now. But when I get home I'll do some testing with the lie and the carrot water. And I'll certainly post up my finished results good or bad!

I didn't think it would turn the soap completely black but I was thinking I might end up with a nice purple color. The description of this carrot from the baker Creek website says that it has been used as a dye. So fingers crossed it turns out looking good. I do plan to use the water from the...

Sorry to hear this though I never did find it funny myself. Probably because I've done something similar more than once. The one I dreaded the most was the snowflake glitter Micah from Brambleberry. Apparently they didn't think putting a piece of tape on the lid was as good an idea as I did. I...

The flavor of these carrots is not that great. My regular carrots are on 9 to a 9.5 out of 10. Alaska grown carrots are always super sweet and supposedly tested sweeter than carrots grown in any other state. But these carrots were more like a 7.5. Not quite as sweet and more earthy in favor. I'm...

I know I haven't been on here in a while but I have a new idea for a soap. I canned up my experimental carrots that I grew this year. One of my experimental carrots is the black nebula carrot that I got seeds for from Baker Creek heirloom seed company. These carrots are a very dark purple/black...

I have good homeowners insurance through State farm and it would cover me in the event of a disaster or major repairs. It's also requirement of my mortgage from the bank to protect their investment. But it doesn't cover everything. Like when my stepson broke the front door frame and I had to...

Oh, I know all about those insurances! When I bought my house here in Alaska the previous owners had died. Their oldest daughter was selling the house. So nobody knew much about the house or it's potential issues. And nobody had lived in it for a year and a half or two years. Our realtor...

Why would you want to do that? Using a jar is much cleaner and easier. Plus it's in a jar ready for filtering and storage. Otherwise your going to have to pour it out into a jar anyway and then your cleaning oil and plant matter out of your Instapot. No thanks on that!

I usually just use jars in my crock pot. Put my jars of herbs and oil in the Crock-Pot then fill with water about halfway up the jars. It's usually done in about 4 hours but I usually just turn it on before bed and turn it off in the morning. It's been working well for me for a long time...

Congratulations! Home ownership definitely has its advantages. I put in some gardens on my property a chicken coop etc. So nice to be able to do what I want and know that it adds value to the property and I didn't have to ask anyone for permission. Just remember you need to have a small...