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An Interview with The General Bean, a Family-Owned Needle Felting Company

It really doesn’t get more local than The General Bean! This family-owned needle felting company sources their wool from a Canadian mill just outsi...

Five Fall Cleaning Tasks to Cross Off Your To-Do List

It’s fall, y’all! We’re big fall people here at The Apothecary. This is the season for cooking up hearty meals, crafting, canning, preserving, an...

The True Cost of Period Products in Canada

Have you ever thought about how much it costs to buy period products every month? For many folks who experience periods, purchasing menstrual produ...

Touch Your Armpits: The How and Why of Natural Deodorants

Show Those Armpits Some Love! Aluminum zirconium & chlorohydrate. Butyl-, methyl- and propylaparabens. Triclosan. Propylene Glycol. They’re ing...

Proper Care + Rejuvenation of Natural Beeswax Wraps

Keep Your Beeswax Wraps Wrapping For Years To Come With These Simple Tips! Beeswax wraps bring us joy! It's such a simple thing, but the feeling of...

My Menstrual Cup is Done: Now What?

Are You Due to Replace Your Menstrual Cup? Here’s How to Know, and What to Do With It If Its Time Has Come Silicone menstrual cups are amazing, bot...

Setting Up Your At-Home Refill Station

If you’re buying in bulk to reduce your waste, you will probably find that you can quickly accumulate bulk bags, boxes and buckets — if you have th...

Shampoo Bars 101

As soon as you set foot in the zero waste world, one of the first products you encounter is the shampoo bar. Such an easy way to completely elimina...

10 Cozy Tricks for Maximum Hygge This Winter

We all knew this was coming, but now it’s here: winter quarantine. Whether you are actually in isolation, staying in to be safe, or simply not goin...

Creating a Meal Plan for Winter Quarantine

I’m a meal planner. I always feel better when I know what my family will be eating over the coming couple of weeks, because it means I know what gr...

5 Swaps to Un-Plastic Your Laundry Routine

Cleaning up your laundry routine is one of the easiest ways to transition single-use plastics out of your life. While there are so many laundry-rel...

Zero Waste Essentials: Scenting Unscented Products

If you're living that #zerowastelifestyle, you likely buy a few products in bulk that are unscented. Shampoo, lotion, shower gel, laundry detergent...