Cedar Smudge Sticks

Recently in my yard we trimmed a large cedar. Faced with a pretty large pile of brush, I got to work filling our planters with greens for the upcoming holidays, and even had a florist friend come and take a truckload for an upcoming wreath workshop. I wondered what else I could use the greens for before they got taken away, and I thought of making a smudge stick, thinking it couldn't possibly be that hard (I'm no Martha). As it turns out, it...