How to convert a single wood pallet into a deep container for growing food. Includes instructions and a video showing how to build a pallet planter and grow in it. When it comes to container gardening, deeper planters are often better. They retain water better, have more space for roots to grow, and plants grow much better in them. Unfortunately, large planters are often expensive or difficult to source. No matter, because if you have a few tools and access to wood pallets, you can build a ... Read More about How to build a Pallet Planter
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Growing Plants, Flowers, and Herbs for Skincare
An introduction to growing herbs for skincare including plants & flowers to use for different skin types and conditions. Includes herbal skincare recipe ideas. Go to any beauty counter and you'll find rows of skincare products featuring plant-based extracts. Regenerative creams with pomegranate seed oil, anti-wrinkle serums made with ginseng root, and face masks blended with kelp extract. There are two messages at play in the world of high-end beauty and the first is that plants can heal us ... Read More about Growing Plants, Flowers, and Herbs for Skincare
Grow Baby Salad Greens and Lettuce as Cut-and-Come-Again
Get multiple harvests when you grow baby salad greens as cut-and-come-again. All you need is a shallow container, compost, and seeds No matter your growing space, anyone can grow baby salad leaves at home. Using this method, you can get up to four harvests of greens, all for the cost of just one bag of salad from the supermarket. Often called mesclun in the USA, baby salad leaves are immature leaves of lettuces and other greens that would grow into full-size versions if you planted them ... Read More about Grow Baby Salad Greens and Lettuce as Cut-and-Come-Again
Grow a Rapid Response Victory Garden
You've just decided that it's time to grow a vegetable garden, and not just any garden, a rapid response victory garden. Here's how to begin and a guide to crops that will mature in 30, 60, and 90 days. Full video at the bottom. It was just after five am and I was lying in bed, scrolling the news, Facebook, Twitter, everything. I’m not usually awake this early, but we live in different times. Seemingly overnight, our way of life has changed, and a lot of us are feeling anxious for ourselves, ... Read More about Grow a Rapid Response Victory Garden
How to Propagate Rosemary from Stem Cuttings
Step-by-step instructions for how to propagate rosemary from stem cuttings. Includes when and how to take cuttings, encouraging root growth, and aftercare. Use these tips to create dozens of new rosemary plants for free. If you have an established rosemary plant, you can use it to propagate dozens of new plants for practically nothing. Propagating is taking a piece of a parent plant, and encouraging it to grow its own roots and become a separate plant. The new plant will essentially be a clone ... Read More about How to Propagate Rosemary from Stem Cuttings
