Two ways to use indigo powder to create natural blue soap and an introduction to using green indigo powder in soapmaking. Naturally coloring handmade soap is like layering magic over magic. The soapmaking process in itself is pretty amazing but using leaves, roots, flowers, and clay to tint your bars stunning hues is a whole … Read More about Indigo Soap Recipe for Natural Blue Soap
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March Garden Jobs for the Vegetable Garden
March garden jobs including seeds to sow, crops to harvest, garden projects, and early spring tasks for the vegetable garden. March is the month when things really start to happen in the vegetable garden. The days get longer, buds burst, wildlife comes out of hibernation, and daffodils take over from snowdrops. Spring’s sense of urgency … Read More about March Garden Jobs for the Vegetable Garden
6 Easy Tips for growing Sweet Peas
Essential tips for growing sweetly scented sweet peas. Includes how to sow seeds, growing in containers, and picking the right sweet pea variety Growing sweet peas isn’t difficult but they do need the right soil, care, and support. Very popular in Britain, sweet peas are becoming much more known in other parts of the world … Read More about 6 Easy Tips for growing Sweet Peas
How to Crystallize Primroses and other Edible Flowers
Crystallize primroses to preserve their pretty blossoms long into summer. This simple recipe also works for other edible flowers and requires just a few common ingredients Primroses are one of the first flowers to bloom each year. I smile to see them open their petals so early – weeks ahead of our other more familiar … Read More about How to Crystallize Primroses and other Edible Flowers
6 Ways to Use Sustainable Garden Design in your Backyard
Clever tips for using the way wild ecosystems work to create a self-sustaining and bountiful food garden. This is sustainable garden design at its best and benefits soil, plants, yield, and community By Zach Loeks, Director of the Ecosystem Solution Institute Sustainable garden design, regenerative gardening, permaculture design, natural gardening; all of these practices have … Read More about 6 Ways to Use Sustainable Garden Design in your Backyard