South Austin Urban Farmers Market

We had a lovely time with Robin and the other south Austin vendors this Saturday at 5109 Manchaca - a lovely, treed front yard just north of Fair Oaks. We hope to be sporadic regulars to this venue, and are applying to the Cherrywood Market happening in early December.

It was really great to bring our projects out to the open air and get responses from the public.

I would also like to make my soap, salts, and hair rinses available for online orders - pick up locally, or pay a little extra for shipping (within the usa). I'm working on a banner link for the side of this blog to make ordering easy - for now click the 'contact me' at the top of the page and let me know what you would like to order. Currently in stock:

• Herbal hair rinse, 3 blends - all natural with homegrown, organic herbs to sooth and beautify your scalp and hair   $8 - 8 oz
• Growth
• Shine
• Dandruff relief
• Aromatic bath salts   $6 - 10 oz

• Lemongrass/Rosemary for an invigorating bath (or foot soak)
• Lavender/Jasmine for a relaxing bath (or foot soak)
• Castile soap with soothing oats, calendula oil, and lemongrass essential oil (among other delightful ingredients)  $4.50 - 4 oz bars

My next batch of soap will be a shea butter soap with lavender essential oil, followed by another castile soap with tea tree and perhaps sandalwood. Feel free to email me at any time to see what i have in stock! And of course, thanks for supporting your local (or not so local as the case may be) gardener and budding herbalist!

Handcrafted Soap - Now Available!

My first batch of hand crafted soap is cured and ready for purchase. $4.99 (plus shipping if you're not local) will get you 4 plus ounces of homemade soap. Ingredients include organic alfalfa and basil from my garden, colloidal oats for skin moisturizing, calendula oil for skin soothing, and lemongrass and rosemary essential oils for mind invigoration. The aroma is light and soothing and the texture exfoliating without being harsh. This first batch made 1 dozen bars plus samplers that have proven well received by all. My next recipe will be a shea butter soap with more luscious essential oils and other botanical goodies from my garden.

You can shop in person tomorrow from 10 -3 at the corner of Jones and Manchaca in south Austin.  I hope to see you at the Urban Farmers Market! Feel free to email me and place an order if you'd like to get in on my next batch of all natural soap.

I'd like to invite a vote - what scent would you prefer? I use no perfumes, only essential oils and organic botanicals.

• Lemongrass
• Lavender
• Cloves and rosemary
• Eucalyptus and tea tree