Welcome to July 2025!

A raised planter containing four pole bean plants and three celery plants that appears to be out of control with growth

Happy Canada Day! It’s July 1st, and look at my farm grow! We have four bean plants now – for which we have purchased three different trellises as they outgrow them quickly – and three celery plants, as well as a bag of potatoes growing. I’m so excited for early August when all of these … Read more

Please don’t make your own insect repellent! (Updated for 2025)

Every year I beg you not to make your own sunscreen – read the most recent post here – but this year, it’s all about making bug repellents, which is pretty scary. (And again this year as well. Sigh…) We don’t make sunscreen at home as it’s considered a drug for which you must go … Read more

Welcome to June 2025!

A photo of a wooden garden planter with 3 celery plants and 4 green bean plants, the latter are climbing up two wooden trellises.

We’re farmers now! Okay, it’s only three celery plants and three – no, wait, there’s four now – green bean plants, but it’s a start. I’m finally living my Harvest Moon – Animal Crossing farming dream! 🐮 Raymond and I are still having some pain issues after our car accident in March, during which I … Read more

Welcome to May 2025!

Happy May 2025! Let’s hope all those April showers result in beautiful May flowers! The last few months, Raymond, Sasja, and I have been exploring the forests and nature trails in the Fraser Valley, seeing the amazing nature and being Bear Aware! This photo is from the creek on a trail that our local First … Read more

For everyone! The March 2025 e-book is here – Formulating fun with hyaluronic acid: Creating lotions & hair conditioners

Cover of March 2025 e-book, Formulating fun with hyaluronic acid: Creating lotions & hair conditioners

Yay, the March 2025 e-book is done – Formulating fun with hyaluronic acid: Creating lotions & hair conditioners! You’ll learn to create and customize awesome emulsions – lotions, body butters, facial moisturizers, and hair conditioners – using 6 different hyaluronic acid ingredients – hyaluronic acid solution, hyaluronic acid 4D, Cationic HA, Oleo HA, Fision® Hydrate, … Read more