When I began Landed Gentress nearly five years ago, I did it because I wanted to leave a job that was slowly killing me and because I wanted to make essential oil soap. I didn't want a soap that smelled good and did little else, I wanted to use my then, very limited knowledge to create soap that had the ability to lift moods or to ease pain or to soothe skin. Back then, few people were making handcrafted soap and even fewer with essential oils. That, was five years ago. Sinc

Actually I'm not sure if it's spring or we're going to jet right into summer, having been in the 50s yesterday and set to hit the 80s tomorrow, but I think we're well beyond the last chance of frost so I've begun sowing seeds directly in pots outside. And this spring I've introduced a number of new items in my shop. I've become obsessed with making what I call "Environmists". You see I can't eschew heavy perfumes and synthetic fragrances only to have them in the home, car and