Forgotten ways for modern days : kitchen cures and household lore for a natural home and garden / Rachelle Blondel ; photography by Catherine Gratwicke.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, New York : A TarcherPerigee Book, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: 143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780143110583
- 0143110586
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A beautifully designed guide to natural beauty products, home cleaners, health remedies, and other household tips inspired by the techniques of our ancestors.
Using ingredients from your kitchen cupboards, garden, and vegetable patch (or your local supermarket), Forgotten Ways for Modern Days draws on the wisdom of homemakers, gardeners, and crafters of the past, introducing their knowledge and time-tested tips. From brightening your whites by putting eggshells in your washing to making beeswax furniture polish to herbal hair rinses, Rachelle Blondel brings the crafty ways of our grandparents into modern times.
Includes index.
Introduction -- House & home. Cleaning ; Laundry ; Kitchen ; Around the house -- In the garden -- Natural health -- Natural beauty.
A guide to natural beauty products, home cleaners, health remedies, and other household tips inspired by the techniques of our ancestors.