Apple Peel Handcrafted Soap

 Apple Peel Handcrafted Soap

And here's the progression:

Our McIntosh tree with hopeful apples

After the picking

Dehydrated apple slices, with peel, for my soaps
(And yes, tons of apple sauce for wintertime)

All of my soaps are made with natural base oils. With dried and ground apple peel from our McIntosh tree, Apple Peel Soap has just the right amount of botanical to make a visually interesting soap. Creamy, apple-spicy fragrant. Lightly scented with quality apple fragrance oil. A favorite soap in the shower or tub, or next to the kitchen sink!

Ingredients: Coconut oil, Olive oil, Soybean oil, Palm oil, Fragrance oils, All-natural botanicals, Distilled water, Sodium hydroxide

Note: Each soap is approximately 4 oz.

Price per bar: $4.50

Shipping within the U.S. only. 

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Protect Your Pets

Bridger - dreaming of snowbanks

It's like walking into a hot fog. The humidity level in NW Wisconsin is very high and our temps are going to be in the 90s all week. (For those of you who live in the South, I apologize for even mentioning this). 

I realize that not all dogs live in an air-conditioned dog house (as my husband calls our home), so for those dogs who don't, please make sure that they have access to shade and always have fresh water available. When the heat and humidity are both excessive, it wouldn't hurt to let them in the house, would it? Even the concrete floor of the garage would give them some cool relief. My pet peeve is  kenneled dogs, outdoors in this heat, with an empty water bowl. Drives me crazy. And it does happen. I see it all the time.


This is the week that my garden is free to grow all the weeds it wants, for I'm not going out there except in the evenings or early mornings when I can fight the mosquitoes. The potato bugs are flourishing, and nothing seems to deter them. Isn't it ridiculous to spend money on protecting potatoes when we don't eat many of them anyway? I think it's just become a battle between the potato bugs and the gardener.

It's a good week to stay indoors to clean and organize, something I've been putting off for months.
I've been looking online for inspiration re. organization. Some of you bloggers are amazing! I'm hoping that the cleaning/organizing bug is contagious. I could really use it!