Weirder and weirder

My husband says each week we stumble across some new idea that we 1) embrace and 2) find that it only adds to our weirdness factor.

So, last week's great find: homemade deodorant. The recipe (from my sister...not sure where she found it) is equal parts baking soda and cornstarch and coconut oil mixed in until it is the right consistency (which for me was a little thicker than toothpaste). I tested this out in Florida, and did not find it wanting. It smells great and really works! (Keep in mind that coconut oil melts at around 76 degrees so if the house is hotter than that it will be liquidy. This happened to us in Florida, but it still worked fine.) Best of all, I have all those ingredients on hand AND we can say goodbye to Tom.
Sorry, Tom. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Beer: the multi-purpose beverage

We started everything for our garden from seed this year, and much to my (pleasant) surprise almost everything came up beautifully. Sitting in our basement under grow lights, the lettuce, spinach, and chard were flourishing. I transplanted them to the garden, left for a week, and came back to plant nubs. Very disheartening. A friend suggested something bigger was eating it from the top, and something smaller- slugs perhaps- from the bottom. The solution...throw the slugs a party. We put little dixie cups of beer out there and those night-owl pests prefer the yeast in the beer to the leafy green lettuce. Gardening is still such a new thing for us- so much to learn. I've never been a big fan of bugs, but perhaps we need to make a lapbook with all the garden pests we discover.



Couldn't post yesterday due to Blogger being down. I'll make up for it with a post tomorrow...lots to share.