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Regulations

Since Switzerland exports 90% of its products (mostly to the EU), it very often adopts EU law. The implementation of these rules and regulations is the responsibility of our Swiss authorities, who ensure compliance in a proportionate and judicious manner. Or rather: could. The question is: should a micro-enterprise like mine be treated the same […]

Brown bananas

Don’t throw them away! Ripe and over ripe bananas can simply be frozen – unpeeled. And if you want to make birchermüsli, banana bread, or a smoothie, just take the frozen banana out, peel it, and use it as is. It thaws in just a few minutes. Here’s a recipe for delicious banana bread: click […]

Soap for outdoor activity

Without surfactants no cleaning effect To achieve a cleaning effect, you need a substance that reduces the surface tension of water.Without reducing the surface tension of water, no bridge can form between water and grease. And that is our goal: we want to remove grease from our skin, our textiles, our dishes, etc., etc.W/o surfactants […]

Dyer’s woad in shower soap

Alongside weld (yellow) and madder (red), woad (blue) was THE primary dye used to color textiles in Europe.This was true from the 12th to the 17th century. There were cities that not only became incredibly wealthy thanks to woad, but were actually referred to as “woad cities.” In Germany, these included Erfurt, Gotha, and Weimar; […]

Strawberry Spinach Shower Soap

Like so many edible plants, strawberry spinach came to Europe with the discovery of the New World. For centuries, the indigenous peoples of the Americas used strawberry spinach in their cuisine. Via Spain it entered our gardens in Central Europe in the 17th century. Before cultivated spinach found its way into our vegetable gardens, this […]

Shower soap “seeds” – ProSpecieRara

Extremely nourishing shower soap with a fresh, green scent Shower soap with the message: Use heirloom seeds! I’ve incorporated three seeds into this shower soap: – chervil turnip – strawberry spinach – dyer’s woad These three plants represent only a tiny fraction of the multitude of vegetables and useful plants that have been grown, propagated, […]