Country Cottage Primitives

Herb Shop, Greenhouse and Workshop-Shipping and Receiving

Redware Jars

Redware Jars are back in stock!!
I love filling these primitive
crocks with all kinds of florals!!

Rosemary Raised Bed

The rosemary did very well this season, especially since the cuttings
were so small. I will use this to infuse an organic oil and make into a
new salve this Christmas. Heard its going down low tonight, I better
cover the rosemary and the patchouli. (who especially does not like the
frost).
Blessings,
Karen

Everlasting and Potpourri Garden

The Everlasting and Potpourri Gardens are blooming abundantly!!
We will be harvesting flowers to be used in potpourris and wreaths
until the first hard frost.

Lavender Harvest

The Lavender Fields were plentiful this season.
We grew 2 varieties this year.
A new one planted last year the variety 'Super'
This is one of the most elegant lavandins.

This variety features a light and flowery aroma.
Super has the best perfume of all lavandins

and is mainly used for soap fragrances
and aromatherapy because it produces a lot of oil.

The other variety we grew is 'Grosso'
Its long stems are excellent for
dried bouquets and potpourris. This is
our best-selling bunch,
a little darker in color than our new variety Super.

Our lavender is picked at its peak of perfection,
then quickly dried in our
attics of our shop.
Check our website for availability,

Herb Shop

The Little Shop that started it all. Built in 1993 by my husband
this was our first shop along with a greenhouse that started
our Family Cottage Business....

Lily of the Valley Soap

Lily of the Valley Soap

Just made these Bars of Soap!! Made one by one,
time consuming but worth it!!
Wish you could smell this Soap!! Heavenly!!
If you love the smell of Lily of the Valley
you will love this soap....smells just like
a fresh picked bouquet of the flowers.
Made with our all natural base and
just the right amount of our fragrance oil.

Each bar comes wrapped in cellophane and
weighs approximately between 4.5 oz. and 4.8 oz.
Perfect for gifts!! (bus drivers, teachers, etc.)

Went for a walk in the woods today to see what was blooming,
found some Trillium and May Apples. God's wonderful creations.

Bee Skeps!!

Bee Skeps have been selling!! Primitive ones, Straw ones, Vine ones!!
Guess everyone is getting their herb gardens ready for Spring!!


I Love Forget-me-nots. So faithful....they come back every Spring!!

Colonial Kitchen Potpourri

Just made a fresh batch of our best-selling potpourri,
letting it cure by the fire. Such a raining day today,
fire feels good and the smell is wonderful. Lots of dried
orange slices, cinnamon sticks, cloves & bay leaves.

New Gardener's Soap!!

Just made these great herbal soaps.

Made from an all natural base, with green clay,
cornmeal, and apricot seeds for scrubbing up those
hands after a long day of gardening. We scented this
handcrafted soap with rosemary, geranium, and clary
sage essential oils. It will remind you of still being in
the herb garden.

Colonial Kitchen Soy Tarts

Our Colonial Kitchen Collection is one of our best-selling scents.
(Orange-Clove) We decided to offer this great scent in our
soy-beeswax melting tarts. These tarts are loaded with spices
and the same ingredients as our Colonial Kitchen Potpourri,
bay leaves, dried orange slices, star anise, allspice, cloves,
and yellow yarrow flower....simply wonderful !!

Melissa Essential Oil

Just added this wonderful essential oil to our collection.
Melissa oil is usually very expensive, we found this
rectified variety from Spain, that is a lot less expensive
yet has the same great qualities as the more expensive
melissa essential oil . Be sure to check out our updated
website.

Lemon Balm Salve

Just made this wonderful smelling Lemon Balm Salve.
Made with essential oils of Melissa officinalis, (Lemon Balm)
Lemon, and Lemongrass. We infused Organic Olive Oil with
freshly, dried lemon balm leaves and let the oil brew for many
weeks in the summer sun. We added pure yellow beeswax, and
rosemary antioxidant for a natural preservative.

The Lemon essential oils have properties as a antiseptic,
astringent & antiviral. We recommend this salve from cold
sores to foot care. The scent is uplifting, and calming.
Very pleasant.

New Bird Soap!!

Made these adorable birds
over the course of several days.
We made these with our sweet
almond fragrance oil and spices
of cinnamon, nutmeg & coco powder.
These are now available on our
website!! For a limited time!!

These decorative soaps
would look so cute, decorating
a bathroom for Spring!!

New Spring Potpourri !!

Even though, it is snowy and blistery outside, we have
to think Spring to have our website ready. Spring is
March 20th and will be here before you know it!!
This is our NEW "Celebration" Potpourri. It is light
and beautiful and smells heavenly of Sweet Almond
fragrance oil. (just like a freshly baked Birthday Cake)
This wonderful scent is also available in creamy-white
votives. Enjoy!! and remember the Promise of Spring!!

More Summer Thoughts

I loved this little spot in the garden, the shade from the Japanese
Red Maple, the breezes through the hostas....opps...back to reality
I better go shovel the snow....Actually, I don't mind the winter....but
I do miss gardening......

Thinking Summer Thoughts!!

I could not resist....I think I have an early case of Spring Fever ....Seed catalogs
pouring in everyday in the mailbox....late evenings by the wood stove....
my seed list is getting longer each day...