LIVE SIMPLY. GROW YOUR OWN FOOD. MAKE NATURAL THINGS
I'm Tanya and I believe that we can make a difference to the environment through growing and making our own. There’s empowerment in creating things from scratch -- be it from the soil, homegrown produce, or materials natural or reclaimed.
Here on Lovely Greens you'll find fresh ideas for growing herbs, flowers, fruit, and veggies and creatively using them in the home. It's not all about making wholesome homemade food either! Lots of homegrown and foraged plants can be transformed into natural beauty products. Learn more
Growing herbal remedies in the 19th and early 20th centuries Video tour of the gardens of Cregneash where ancient medicine still grows as part of a herbal remedies garden A hundred years ago a veggie patch was much more than a just a leisure garden. It was survival, especially in a place like the Isle of Man. These days the…
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Refreshing and cleansing Rose Water Toner Instructions on how to make rose water toner using fresh rose petals. Use directly on your skin as a natural toner or blend it with oils to create creams and lotions Rose water has been used for generations as a natural yet gentle astringent. It helps to cleanse, tighten the skin and to reduce…
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Alpine Strawberry plants produce tiny sweet berries Tips on how to grow alpine strawberries. These fruit plants are either wild strawberries or closely related to them and produce tiny red berries. The first time I came across alpine strawberries was as a seed packet at a garden show. I’d always grown strawberries from runners or bare-root plants so was intrigued….
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There’s nothing like homemade Strawberry Jam Easy to make 3-ingredient strawberry jam recipe that you can prep and make in an hour. Great for using fresh strawberries from the market or garden If there’s one preserve that everyone should learn to make it’s strawberry jam. There’s something magical that happens when sugar and strawberries are cooked together. The taste brings…
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Keeping the garden lush while saving water Water saving tips for the vegetable garden and container plants This piece is in partnership with Gardena, Europe’s leading brand of high quality gardening tools. In May they sent me their AquaRoll M Hose Trolley and this month we add a new sprayer head to the ensemble. After a long, cold, and wet winter…
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