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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 Skin Care series. There are a lot of reasons why you’d want to make your own herbal skincare. Some include wanting to…
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…
How to propagate scented geraniums from cuttings. Basically, how to create free plants from pieces of a parent plant. Unlike more common garden geraniums, scented types have rosy scented leaves and flowers. by Karen Creel People often ask me how can they have a great garden when they don’t have a lot of money. My…
The secret to growing a thriving vegetable garden is to follow nature. Grow companion plants and edible flowers to build diversity into your garden. By Emily Murphy, author of Grow What You Love A quick look at any healthy, living system reveals a clamor of diversity: plants of different kinds keeping company while a mix…
It took two years to grow the Blue Himalayan Poppy Blue Himalayan Poppies are best grown from divisions – small plants that are divided off the parent plant. Last year I was given two such divisions and I couldn’t wait to see them bloom. Sadly all they did in the first year was grow long hairy…