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April 19, 2025

Happy Saturday, Reader!

I'm sending my usual Scentsational Sunday note today instead of tomorrow because tomorrow is Resurrection Day and Easter Sunday! I'll be spending the day in church and then with visiting family, and I'm feeling so happy about this rest. I hope you're enjoying peaceful, beautiful times this weekend as we celebrate our greatest gift!

In the spirit of spring, I thought I'd share more natural spring cleaning tips with you! If you've missed the past couple of notes, be sure to catch up because there are other great cleaning tips and herbal ideas in those, too.

Today, let's talk about....

Dishwashers! 🥰

Does yours ever start to feel "yucky?" Or smell funky? Mine sure does.

I used to think they were difficult (or just annoying) to clean, but now I've got a natural plan that's great!

Here it is:

Deep Clean Dishwasher Formula

The acid in the vinegar cuts grease and grime wonderfully! Then the lemon essential oil kicks in and helps the vinegar out in the grease/grime endeavor while also being an effective deodorizer for your beloved dishwasher. Thyme essential oil is not only deodorizing, but it's also highly antimicrobial, too.

Ingredients:

About 2 cups of white vinegar

About 10 to 12 drops of lemon essential oil

Optional: 5 to 10 drops of thyme essential oil

Directions:

Remove the grate at the bottom of your dishwasher, and wash well with soap and water. Return it to your dishwasher.

Now pour the vinegar into a cereal bowl or similar size. Add the lemon essential oil and the thyme essential oil if using.

Be sure your dishwasher is completely empty.

Carefully place the bowl facing straight up on the top rack. Close your dishwasher and start it on the cycle that's the hottest.

Enjoy a fresh dishwasher!

Natural living is fun, smells amazing, and pretty easy (as well as saving a ton of money in the long term) with tips like this. Try to start incorporating more natural ideas into your home living to further detoxify your environment.

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Clean Home Diffuser Blends

Seriously.

There is nothing like a home that smells clean, fresh, and incredible. It's a place you love to be! And that's how our homes should smell--refreshing, calming, peaceful, like a sanctuary we come to for rest.

Scent can do wonders in this regard.

Have you heard of hygge (pronounced HOO-gah)?

This is a Danish practice of creating a lovely, cozy home environment. I think scent completely belongs in this realm...natural scents of course. Hygge is especially important during the winter months in Denmark because of the darkness, and it's a big deal over there. But I argue that hygge is a concept to add value to your beautiful home all year long---even in the spring!

​You can read more about hygge here!​

Here are a couple of blends to pop into your diffuser to refresh and add to the natural environment in your lovely home. Just add the drops to your diffuser, making any adjustments in drops for preference or manufacturer's instructions, and enjoy!

Sparkly Clean Blend

This blend promises to create an atmosphere of freshness!

3 drops peppermint essential oil

3 drops orange essential oil

3 drops lime essential oil

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Clean the Air Blend

3 drops peppermint essential oil

3 drops eucalyptus essential oil

3 drops bergamot essential oil (substitute lemon if you don't have bergamot)

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Great News! Flash Sale Update!

Due to popular ask, we've added more payment options to our Easter and Herbalist's Day Flash Sale!

To celebrate these wonderful days, we decided to put the Family Herbalist Certification course and the Aromatherapy Specialist Certification course on sale for 25% off--- that's quite a lot of savings!

Originally, the sale was for the full price options only, but we had so many people ask about the payment plans, we've adjusted so those of you who would like to do that option can, now.

Use the coupon code: HERBALIST at checkout on any of the payment options for either of these certification courses.

Choose one or BOTH of them, and dive into improving your health, saving money, making your home the sweetest place to be, and SO much more!

OH! And for those of you who are students in Ditch the Drugstore already, but who have been considering upgrading to the Family Herbalist Certification program, the answer is, "Yes!"

Reach out to support@healingharvesthomestead.com, and Joe will make the upgrade happen at the same flash sale discount.

Links to the courses:

​Aromatherapy Specialist Certification Program​

​Family Herbalist Certification Program​

Remember to use the coupon code: HERBALIST to apply the sale!

The coupon expires Sunday at midnight Pacific time, so be sure to take advantage if either of these programs has been on your wish list!

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This is too good to miss!

Although I mainly teach herbalism and aromatherapy, I'm also a homesteader and well-versed in all the homestead things from chickens to goats; to growing food and medicine; preserving; baking; and all the homesteady kinds of things. It's a way of life, and it's a blessing to know these valuable skills.

Many people didn't have access to these lessons growing up like I did back in the 60's on our family one-acre plot in Las Vegas. LUCKILY, I'm here to tell you that it's never too late to begin learning and applying traditional skills that serve your family's health--and pocketbook.

My friend, Shelby DeVore (who I just adore) of Garden.Farm.Thrive. is hosting an incredible Homegrown Living Summit, and it's next week!

Guess what?

It's FREE to attend.

And what a great speaker line-up, too! I'm fan-girling already over getting to hear Wardeh Harmon and Lisa Steele, among many others!

Sunday is the LAST day to sign up, and it starts Monday!

I'll see you there!

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Thank you for being part of the natural living, homesteading, herbalism, aromatherapy movements that are taking modern society by storm....at least for those of us who are awake.

I love you, and I am so grateful you've chosen to be on my newsletter list. I hope you find a ton of value in it, and if you have things you'd like me to write about, just hit "reply" and let me know!

Finally, I just want to say how blessed we all are that death could not hold Him! Rejoice in the Resurrection and in the greatest gift of all time!

"But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you." Romans 8:11

Hugs, Health, Herbs, and Self-Reliance,

Heidi

P.S. TIP: Be sure to set an alarm if you're wanting to remember to get signed up for Shelby's summit or to take the opportunity for savings on our certification courses before the links expire on Sunday night! Alarms help me to remember if I can't get to something right away.

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This note is proudly sponsored by the School of Botanical Arts & Sciences by Healing Harvest Homestead.

Don't forget to take advantage of the Easter and Herbalist Day Flash Sale!

Code: HERBALIST

Links for more information:

​Family Herbalist Certification Program​

​Aromatherapy Specialist Certification Program​

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