have finally taken all of my stock out of businesses for sale. I have goatmilk soaps, lotions, silken body creams, fizzy bath bombs, & bath salts. I would love to trade them for perennials, sun loving, shade loving, tropicals, etc, I have alot, but still want alot as well. LOL. Below is a list of my wants as far as plants are concerned. but please ask if youdon't have what I want, I'm interested in alot of other things as well, I am over stocked with the lotions 4 oz and 8 oz. and silken body creams. below is a list of the ingred. and scents I have available. These are the plants I"m looking for: large or tall varieties of Hosta, and blue varieties. hosta's: niagra falls, spilt milk, blue mammoth, lake side bluejeans blue and unusual looking ones maiden grass, large clump pending spring trade varieties of rosemary: pink majorca, huntington carpet thymes: broadleaf, minus, rosea. Lavenders: Pink perfume, silver rosea, butterfly, goodwin creek. varieties of verbascum, but not the yellow mullein. (jackie, raspberry ripple) green jade kniphofia Of course: Mints that I don't have. trilliums hardy ground cover geraniums would love the hollywood & splish splash but would be happy with any other than the blue one I have the bikovo or something like that crinum lily other than white & ellen bosenquet, I have these. rain lily unusual tulips or tall stemmed pink wisteria foxtail lily checkered lily butterfly gingers any except white & peach I have those candy cane ginger, (peppermint) not sure of the proper name midnight ginger alocasias or colocasias that I don't have I have15or so varieties so be sure to ask me what I have picotee begonia other begonias gladwyn iris snow angel heuchera other heuchera's I don't have penstemons other than huskers red. tiny leaved hardy sedums brunnera any kind hardy orchids hardy ferns foxgloves lupines named daylilies named japanese iris named siberian iris, other black gamecock, baby sister, & ceasers brother. I have those Here is a list of the lotions and the ingred for the lotions. goatmilk, grapeseed oil, jojoba oil,avocado oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, emu oil, glycerine emulsyfying wax, citric acid, grapefruit seed extract, vit e, silk amino acids, preservative, not all the lotions have these exact ingred. but similar. 8 oz available in these scents. 2 kiwi chamomile also have one 4 oz 1 jasmine 1 serenity 1 sunripened raspberry also have two 4 oz. 4 oz available in these scents 1 unscented 2 cucumber melon 1 joe malone 1 white satin (musk) 1 energy 3 fresh ginger lime 1 cool mountain lake 1 love spell 1 plumeria 1 sandalwood 1 sweet pea below is a list of scents for the silken body cream here are the ingred. emulsifying wax, stearic acid, shea butter, apricot kernal oil, citric acid, jojoba oil, emu oil, rosehipseed oil, liquid silk amino acids, preservative, fragrance their all 4 oz plastic jars, in these scents 3 serenity 4 sunripened raspberry 2 tropical rose 3 whispering angel 1 fresh ginger lime 1 sweet pea 2 cucumber melon 1 victorian vanilla I also have goatmilksoaps, fizzy bath bombs, and bath salts. PLease let me know if we can trade. kathy_ann

It's a method I learned in the 1990's reading "The Sprouting Book" by the "guru" of sprouting and raw foods - Ann Wigmore. You can check her web site (Ann Wigmore Natural Health Institute) and her books can be found at many libraries. Great information! A plate, which sits inside the container, is used to weigh down the sprouts. Often a brick, or other weight, is placed on the plate and the pressure forces the sprouts to grow thicker and more juicy. You can still do mung beans, just don't expect them to be like what you see commercially. Commercial mung beans are done entirely differently than what we do at home. I've included a link below to the Sprout People (one of my favorite go-to sites for sprouting information) where they do a smaller version in an Easy Sprouter. BTW, of all the sprouters I've used for the last 30+ years, Easy Sprouters are my favorite and I always have a number of them in use. e-How has a how-to on "How to Grow Straight Bean Sprouts" that includes the plate method: http://www.ehow.com/how_7308827_grow-straight-bean-sprouts.html You may also notice Wigmore, Sprout People, e-How, and most other sources do NOT suggest the use of acidified water. This is something I've learned while studying the subject of sprouting in order to aid in better sprouting, to help prevent spoilage, and reduce the potential for bacteria growth. Be healthy, and be safe, when it comes to sprouts! Be sure to sanitize your sprouter between use. -Grainlady Here is a link that might be useful: Sprout People - Mung Bean Sprouts

You can find it at tons of places online...wholesalesupplies plus, etc. Purpose in real life is as a fruit preseritive-keeps fresh fruit from browning etc. Also used on the outside of things like sour babies to give them their sour taste. In bath fizzies, when it is combined with baking soda it causes a chemical reaction which causes the fizzing. If nothing else, do a google search for citric acid, you should get a bunch of places that carries it. Bitter creek candle supply may have it, Lavender lane, & cranberry lane both carry it. Hazel

It kinda depends on what you add to them, but salt is a preservative just by itself, so I'd assume bath salts would last for quite a long time depending on what you added to them, and bath fizzies will last well over a year, again, depending on what you put in them (I don't use much of these, so I have them for a long time - that's how I know). Teas would just be dried herbs and ingredients, right? I'd imagine they'd last just as long mixed together as they would in separate containers on your kitchen shelf... I personally think you'll be fine...best way to be sure is to make up a batch and store them - worst thing that will happen is you'll have to make more right before the show (which will happen if you don't make them early too)! :-)