This weekend is all about essential oils at the Saturday Winter Farmers’ Market at Lodestar Gardens this Saturday, Feb. 11, starting at 11 a.m.

Jeanie McDuffee, a certified aromatherapist, will share information about the healing and comforting that essential oils can offer as our noontime presenter on Saturday. Essential oils are a useful tool for self-reliant health and can be used to treat headaches, muscle pain, sinus problems, tension, and more. Jeanie will discuss blends and make suggestions to stock your own first aid kit. You will want to take notes during Jeanie’s talk, for she is a wealth of practical health information. For more from Jeanie, visit her website at Simply Lavender.

Please call (928) 587-1660 or e-mail bhockabout@gmail.com for a map and directions if you haven’t made a visit to Lodestar.

Enjoy free space for vendors, free hot beverages, free farm tours, and delicious homemade lunch for just $2 (soup, salad and Clark’s ancient grain bread).

We will have a variety of Lodestar produce on sale, including our Asian Greens mix ($3, 1/2 lb bag – $6, 1lb. bag), Swiss Chard, Kale, carrots, beets and rutabagas ($3/lb.), dried lavender and other herbs, and our homemade, 8oz. jars of pesto (walnut $8, pine nut $10, non-dairy $12). All of our packaging is eco-friendly made of cellulous, reusable, recyclable (and compostable) bags.

Kevin Ascherfeld’s cast iron Dutch Oven-roasted Concho Coffee will be on sale for $15/bag, Donna Daniel’s wonderful, handmade fiber arts will be available in a variety of sizes and prices, along with Monte Cunningham’s accupressure treatment tools and several other products from local artist and vendors.

Also for sale will be goat’s milk soap from Misty Mountain Milkers ($6/bar), a variety of soaps from Flagstaff Soap and some wonderful handmade chalkboards (crafted out of recycled cabinets) by Bernie!

See you on Saturday!