Brief history - I thought I killed this hibiscus 🌺 two years in a row but she's back. I originally got her from the "I'm Not Dead Yet" discount rack at the hardware store. Life finds a way.
#surprise #flowers #nostriches #coffeechain #flowerchain #plantchain
Feeling dumb and need some help identifying https://www.diningandcooking.com/854588/feeling-dumb-and-need-some-help-identifying/
#Gardening #Vegetable #VegetableGardening
Some kind of pumpkin or gourd? Maybe a melon or cucumber? A zucchini or squash has similar leaves but radiates from a central area and doesn't typically vine in a linear way like this pic.
Def thought this was an IUD.
I made this Butter Beer soap a year or two ago for the fall. It sold out pretty quickly!
I'm so thankful to be able to make something with my mind and my hands and have others enjoy it. Especially since it's a very practical thing - soap.
#art #handmade #soap #mentalhealth #hobby #plebchain #coffeechain
Today’s lunch:
Roasted vegetable ravioli and spinach tortellini with chicken breast, mushrooms, parmesan cream sauce, and roasted elephant garlic!
Elephant garlic is really a leek; they say it tastes like regular garlic, but I think it tastes “greener” and leeky. It was pretty good roasted to jamminess with golden yellow grass fed butter and a splash of white wine!
Elephant garlic: farmer’s market on Hampshire County Farm Crawl
Cream and butter: https://amosmillerorganicfarm.com/
Chicken: https://polyfaceyum.com/
#cookstr #grownostr 
I didn't know this a out elephant garlic. Leaks are delish.
Made these Butter Beer soaps last fall and they sold out quickly! What a pleasure to make something with my mind and my hands and have others enjoy it. Especially when it's a useful thing I'm making.
#coffeechain #making #art #soap #harrypotter #potter #butterbeer #beer #washyourhands
Made these Butter Beer soaps last fall and they sold out quickly! What a pleasure to make something with my mind and my hands and have others enjoy it. Especially when it's a useful thing I'm making.
#coffeechain #making #art #soap #harrypotter #potter #butterbeer #beer #washyourhands #nostriches #noster
Thanks! That would be a funny concept. Make soaps that are clearly supposed to be a nod to a specific scent but then make them off-putting. Like make my watermelon soap smell like buttered popcorn 😂
Succulent Garden soap I made a few months ago. This one was really fun to make and it smells like Irish Spring. 🍀
#craft #noster #nostrich #coffeechain #plebchain #wholesome #garden #plants
It's still going off! I've been wanting to research how to grow garlic. It's planted in the fall? I'm in zone 7 btw.
Yes they are China Jades! They make great pickles! I have garlic and old bay going in the fridge now. 🤤
🥒 Harvest. I think all these varieties are from Baker Creek Seeds.
#noster #harvest #grownoster #coffeechain #plebchain #nostriches #homegrown
The heat transfer method uses the exothermic reaction from the lye water to melt hard oils and butters instead of needing a heat source (like a double boiler or microwave) to melt the hard oils.
#exothermic #chemistry #soapmaking #satisfying #makewithme #plebchain #coffeechain #nostriche
https://nostr.build/av/8b8fc99d16f2d63ae200e85180386622b00e72c598fabe088cd8c87449a04184.mp4
How cool is liquid physics? Each bar slice is different from the next. After pouring soap you have to wait 24 hours for it to sapony before cutting. Seeing the inside is definitely the best part. #soapmaking #newbie #physics #liquidity #nature #noster #makernoster
Succulents going off in the rock garden!
#growstr #succulents #plantstr #plants
I want to love them but they took over my garden one year and I'm holding a grudge.
Butchering chickens is tough nice work!
I would just not roll with her anymore tbh. Sounds like there's more going on there that you're not privy to.
Yes I'm hoping to connect with other creatives!
I have a website bluejunipersoap.com 🫧