The Modern Victory Garden

A package arrived late last week and inside was a gift of a little homemade TLC to brighten up my winter months.   Annette from Sustainable Eats sent me a jar of her homemade body lotion.                                   

Wow!  This stuff is wonderful.    It really does a great job of hydrating the skin - making it feel smooth, and the residual faint scent of beeswax has me wanting to smell my own hands.    I had read her blog post earlier in December about making this body lotion and was properly amazed at how simple it sounded and yet would have never occurred to me to try to do such a thing.   Imagine my surprise when I was then a subsequent recipient of my very own jar!        

If you have not spent time at Annette’s blog, I would encourage you to go check it out.   Gardening is definitely part of the mix of topics, but is just one element of an overall effort of eating more sustainably.   She really walks the talk and is truly inspiring in her efforts.                                

Annette lives in the greater Seattle, Washington area and is just a short car and ferry ride away from our homestead.   I hope to be able to meet her in person later this year for a garden visit.    In the meantime… thank you Annette for the thoughtful surprise gift!