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1January 19, 2018Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday 1/19/18

This week’s Five Things Friday randomness: planning for succession planting, my favorite essential oil, a rainy week in the garden and more.

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81October 19, 2015Productive Home by Erica

DIY Whipped Peppermint Foot Cream

At the risk of oversharing someone else’s podiatry problems, by husband has some janked up heels. They’re super dry and they get these deep cracks in them, especially in winter. (Sorry, sweetie.) This Whipped Peppermint Foot Cream was developed for super dry feet like my husband’s. The addition of peppermint essential oil gives the cream a…

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11February 6, 2014Productive Home by Erica

Dirt-Busting Sugar Hand Scrub For Gardeners

I am the queen of perma-dirt. You know those lines of dirt on the edges of your index fingers and thumbs? With all the time I spend playing in the garden, that area on me looked like I’d gotten a dirt tattoo for about a decade. I once asked folks on my Facebook page how…

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Hi! I'm Erica, the founder of NWEdible and the author of The Hands-On Home. I garden, keep chickens and ducks, homeschool my two kids and generally run around making messes on my one-third of an acre in suburban Seattle. Thanks for reading!

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