Naked Earth Botanicals

If you’re up to your t**s in zucchini, you HAVE to try these pickles!

These are seriously SO good, we actually like them better than pickled cucumbers, and they’ve become one of my favourite ways to use up the summer squash takeover.

For the brine:
6 cups water
2 cups vinegar
¼ cup pickling salt
½ cup sugar
Small handful of pickling spice

In each jar:
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 small Thai chili OR ¼ tsp chili flakes
2–4 cloves garlic
2 bay leaves
2–5 sprigs of dill leaf and flower, or honestly just use whatever dill you have
1 clean oak leaf

And don’t skip the oak leaf! Oak leaves are naturally high in tannins, which help keep the squash firm and crunchy instead of turning into a soggy pickle.

Pack your jars with sliced summer squash, add everything else, pour over the brine and pickle away.

Save this one for when your garden starts producing zucchini faster than you can figure out what the hell to do with it!

Do you guys want to see what I just made?! 😍

A DIY herb drying rack for only $27!! And I’m way too excited about it.

Today is our anniversary, so I pulled out our wedding quilt to enjoy and thought I’d share it because it’s still one of my favourite things from our wedding. 🤍

We had each of our guests sign a fabric square with fabric markers, leaving us little messages, wishes and pieces of advice. My mom then turned all of those squares into this beautiful quilt.

I love reading through everyone’s words and seeing the names of all the people who were there celebrating with us. Such a simple wedding idea, but so incredibly special to have all these years later. 🤍

You don’t need a fancy dehydrator to dry your own herbs. Almost anything can become a drying rack as long as there’s good airflow and they’re kept out of direct sunlight.

Homegrown and freshly dried herbs are in a whole different league from the ones that have been sitting on a store shelf for who knows how long. Better colour, stronger aroma and so much more flavour.

Grow them. Dry them. Use what you have. 🌿

Found this cool mushroom today and got way too excited because it’s one I haven’t come across before. 🍄 That velvety exterior immediately caught my attention.

We think it might be a velvet bolete, but mushroom IDs can be tricky, so I’m definitely not calling it with certainty. Either way, such a cool find!

Rescue hen update 🐔

The girls are doing SO well! They’re getting stronger, healthier and more curious every day. Watching them learn how to just be chickens after life in a battery cage has been pretty incredible. Fresh air, sunshine, dirt baths and room to roam. Exactly what they deserve. 🌿

All set up for
Find me here today 10-6 and Sunday 10-4

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Our Calendula + Plantain Body Balm was made with compromised skin in mind.
Slowly infused with calendula + plantain in a rich tallow base to help support the skin barrier without unnecessary fillers, fragrance, or harsh ingredients.

No essential oils.
No synthetic fragrance.
No shortcuts.

Just whole ingredients chosen to soothe, protect, and deeply nourish sensitive skin.

Especially loved by those with:
• reactive skin
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• dry, cracked skin
• eczema-prone skin
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