notes from maggie's farm
It does not care how busy I've been. It has never heard of an alliance, or a festival, or Iron Chef, or Food Network.
It wants to know where I am. I wants me to get OUT THERE, without a camera, and get down to farming.
This is gonna get dirty.
But before I go.......
I do love a good bargain. The facial cleanser this former Lancome/Clinique representative used in a life prior to the farm costs upwards of 30 bucks. That's quite a lot of chicken scratch. And without giving any of those old trade secrets away, let me just say I think the natural options work their magic just as well. Like this one, from MaryJane's Farm,
Homemade Facial Cleanser
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| image credit: maryjane's farm |
The ingredients are simple and fresh: 1 cup yogurt, ¼ t apple cider vinegar, and ½ t extra-virgin olive oil.
Mix the ingredients thoroughly, then smooth a handful over your face for about a minute before rinsing with cool water.
The mixture will keep in the fridge for a week. It makes my skin feel silky smooth!
Dawn in Illinois
The Farmgirl Connection™
Love your picture of all your green veggies. Your Austin Food and Wine Festival pics are fabulous! Thanks for posting the recipe for the yogurt cleanser. I have a huge tub of yogurt getting ready to expire.
ReplyDeletePS I'm starting to realize gardening is NOT easy. I had a squirrel eat my little watermelon...bad squirrel. My tomatoes dropped their blooms. UGH!
Oh, Steph, those green veggies are ready for harvesting and preserving in some way and I have a big job on my hands! lol
DeleteThank you for your compliment re: AFWF photos. I took them all from my IPhone, and I'm afraid they look so grainy, but mainly, that was a result of the massive dust storm that was most of the weekend at Auditorium Shores. I'm still sneezing and coughing, but it was nice to see all the chefs.
Gardening is NOT easy and often full of disappointments, like your dropped blooms and eaten watermelon. I kind of think of it like a lab--you set up your experiment under optimal conditions, and then watch how many factors can affect the outcome..lol.
We are scientists!
Girl go do your farming we understand. I know you have been a busy bee all weekend, love your posts but hey a farmer has to farm first. Good news is we will all be here to tune in when you come back. Same time~ same channel~ Same lovely Farmstress xxoo
ReplyDeleteI love you! Thank you for understanding. Sometimes, I have to stop talking the talk in order to walk the walk, of which I talk! lol
DeleteI TOTALLY understand! And I'm right there with you. I tell myself the extra-long unmowed grass is "natural" and when I cut it I'll have all those grass clippings for the compost pile. I can't make any excuses for not having planted more by now, though. Oh, except the part-time job and the rain and two weekend fundraisers and, and, and …
ReplyDeleteOh Debbi, if we could only manufacture a few more hours in the day! Yet I do remember the days in which, at a younger age, I sat watching television 5-6 hours a day. And chatting on the phone about NOTHING. I wouldn't trade any of my hard-fought wisdom for them, but oh to have the wasted hours of my youth!
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