Let me preface this by saying I don’t smoke. (Militantly so.) But I do have to understand how everything is made. So when I learned that the flowering tobacco I had growing was honest-to-god …| The Crunchy Urbanite
Sometimes called floral waters, hydrosols are a very rudimentary eau de toilette. Or a different way to think about it: the beginner’s foray into essential oil extraction. Common uses for hyd…| The Crunchy Urbanite
I go through a lot of apple cider vinegar. Like, a lot. But buying the good stuff was starting to add up, and I thought: Can’t I just make this myself? So I did. Ironically, the hardest part …| The Crunchy Urbanite
Extracts are one of those things where the moment you realize how simple they are to make, you kick yourself for ever thinking you needed to buy them. This example uses mint, but you could just as …| The Crunchy Urbanite
As easy to make as it is delicious. This raw, 3-ingredient Thai chili sauce is so good, you’ll never buy Sriracha again. Ingredients: Thai chili peppers Garlic cloves Apple Cider Vinegar The …| The Crunchy Urbanite
Here in New York, a garden is a lot like a walk-in closet — most of us gave up praying for one ages ago. But for those of us hell-bent on farming the concrete jungle, nothing’s easier (and mo…| The Crunchy Urbanite
Soap rebatching: because sometimes s#!t happens. Why rebatch soap? Well, for any number of reasons. Maybe it cooled too quickly the first round and still needs a couple more hours. Maybe it finishe…| The Crunchy Urbanite
Imagine my surprise one summer to learn there was a considerable difference between marigolds and pot marigolds. (Tagetes vs calendula, to be precise.) I’d been hoping to grow my own calendul…| The Crunchy Urbanite
Living in New York, no light can be something we have a lot of. So I say, take control of something you have no control over! Turn that shade into an urban farm. Indirect light is perfect for shade…| The Crunchy Urbanite
Scrape black birch and it smells like wintergreen. Boil it and you’ve got the basis for an old-fashioned Americana soda that’s somewhere in the root beer family.| The Crunchy Urbanite
