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Use this list of more than fifty flowers, shrubs, and trees to plan your bee-friendly garden. They’re listed by season in which they bloom, so you can plan to have pollinator-friendly blooms all the year-long It can be a little overwhelming to understand what you should plant to create a bee-friendly garden. In the end,…
An introduction to growing herbs for skincare including lists of plants and 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…
Almost 30 herbal remedies for the cold and flu. Includes info on how they are used and tips on adding them to your herbal medicine garden. The common cold and flu are two different illnesses that set most of us back each year. It could be when we’re stressed out and our immune systems weakened,…
Tips on how to grow a cut flower garden from gardener and florist Helena Willcocks. Includes how to layout your garden, amending soil, and flowers to choose for scented and long-lasting bouquets I absolutely love growing flowers, arranging them, and just being on my plot surrounded by them. Everyone needs flowers in their life. That’s…
How to grow calendula officinalis flowers including a guide to sowing, growing, saving seed, ways to use it as a companion plant, and the best cultivars for medicinal use. This piece is a chapter from the ebook, Calendula: A guide to Growing & Using it in Skin Care If you only grow one skin care…
Instructions on how to propagate lavender from cuttings. Works for all types of lavender and cuttings from new or semi-hardwood. Full DIY video at the end. Lavender is a useful and beautiful plant for any garden, making it no wonder that so many of us want to grow it. You can use the lavender buds…
Infused honey is simple to make and can be drizzled on warm biscuits, yogurt, oatmeal, & savory treats like cheese. Video tutorial at the end. If you’ve ever tasted raw, local honey you’ll be amazed at the complexity of its flavor. It’s nothing like the stuff that comes out of squeezy bears. Depending on what…
An introduction to how to use herbs and flowers to make natural herbal skincare. Covers herbal extracts recipes using them to make lotions, creams, and other beauty items. Part of the DIY Herbal Skincare series. There are a lot of reasons why you’d want to make your own herbal skincare. Some include wanting to treat…
Ideas for growing a skincare garden filled with healing herbs, flowers, and plants. Includes tips on growing them in the garden, containers, or indoors and continues with ideas in using them in DIY herbal skincare There’s a fine line between health, medicine, and beauty. The same herbs that flavor our food or tea can soothe…