Heather Flansworth's Page

Hi Heather - welcome to HOMEGROWN.org! Your blog post about the site completely cracked me up. At the risk of sounding like a douchebag (I commend your liberal use of this most effective descriptor), you can re-arrange your page here to be a little more readable and to link properly to your awesome blog.
Here are some tips from the FAQ:
Redecorating - Try moving around the different chunks of information on your page. For example, if you are using the RSS feed to bring your blog to your page, you can move it from the sidebar to the center area – try it, you might just like it!
Blog - You can start a blog on your page or link to an existing one. To link to an outside blog, simply click the RSS button at the very bottom of your page and enter the url of the site.
Let me know if you need any help linking to your blog. Basically, just enter http://bleachbottlebirdhouse.blogspot.com/ into the field that asks for the URL.

Well shut my mouth - you're right! This is a case of our platform (Ning) not playing nice with others (Blogger). We've been asking for them to fix this, but, evidently, it hasn't happened yet. Boo. At least your link will bring people to your site...you can always re-post relevant things from your blog in a member blog and link back to your site. Others here have done that and seem to like the effect.
I'm so glad you're finding the site useful. I know that the Brooklyn Food Conference is coming up again in the Spring, so I'll hopefully see you there in the flesh!

Hi Heather! Good to hear from you. Cleopatra and other queens have used honey for their beauty treatments. I think honey is an excellent moisturizer. I learned this while extracting and getting my hands covered in it. They were so soft when I washed the sticky off! I have used it on my face, about 1 tablespoon and leave it on for 10 min. before rinsing off. Since honey attracts moisture and helps retain it is a great moisturizing facial. It's also good if you get a cut or a scrape like a natural barrier and antibiotic. Enjoy!

Wow..............

Hi Heather! Thanks for all the comments. Always appreciated. To answer a few questions...

Agreed, vertical indoor gardening sounds awesome. After the mouse debacle though I kind of swore off having too much soil indoors. Luckily just got a plot in the community garden for next year so I can deal without having indoor plants.

Haven't tried decorating my own planters yet, since the little plastic ones just seem to appear in my cabinets out of nowhere. Worth a shot! I own some of that wood-grain sticker paper myself.

Propagating plants is easy with certain plants like african violets or aloe vera. Woody stems are much harder to propagate. I like aloe the best because it sends out little shoots that you really can just pluck out of the soil and re-plant.

Don't personally know any Brooklyn foragers, but let me know if you meet any! Too bad foraging season is over. Mostly I learned how to forage by keeping watch on various city plants, and if they look interesting I google them and research what to use the plant for. Mulberries are another good one around these parts, and sacred datura grows really easily in urban environments which is totally crazy...

I'm really enjoying reading your blog! I love the way you write.

Just saw this and thought of you: Green Maps Bed-Stuy Food Justice Program and Bed-Stuy Eco Mapping Project.

Please write more soon!

Amber

Your future ex-husband is in the shit: Impounded: Dr Claw hunted by the Dept. of Health.