LH 118: Handmade Gifts From The Garden

How to use your garden to make holiday gifts

Thinking of making any handmade gifts for the holidays this year?

It’s only October, but this is the perfect time to get started!

By starting now, you can create thoughtful gifts before the craziness of the holidays overwhelm you.

Host Theresa Loe interviews Stephanie Rose of Garden Therapy about garden crafts that make perfect holiday gifts. They discuss several projects (from season salt to homemade soap) that you can make quickly, easily, and with very little cost.

You will learn:

• How Herbal Finishing Salt makes an impressive, low-cost gift
• How to fast-track soap making with natural melt and pour ingredients
• The type of cupcake molds to use for Lavender-Oatmeal Soap
• Why mason jars are perfect for homemade candles
• The trick to pressing herbs into the sides of your glass jar candles
• And more…

As always, you can go to www.LivingHomegrown.com/118 to get links to all the recipes, instructions and a full transcript of the episode.