Delicious tomatoes are a delight to grow. Support healthy tomato plants by providing good growing conditions.
Wild Wetland Produce for the Garden
Can you grow produce in a wetland? Of course! Grow blueberries, cranberries, watercress and even stinging nettles.
Stock Your Pantry With Herbs, Spices, and Blended Seasonings
The kitchen has long been considered the heart of the home- and for good reason. Moms and dads everywhere have an excellent opportunity to show their love for their family by creating home cooked meals.
Root Vegetables: Incorporating Seasonal Produce Into Festive Recipes
If you have root vegetables in storage, integrate them into your seasonal meals.
Home Remedies for Indigestion
As the festive season approaches, it is a good idea to stock up with some natural home remedies for indigestion and other common stomach problems.
Building a Root Cellar
Want a root cellar? You don’t need to buy an old farm house. Build your own root cellar in your home or in your yard.
Tuck Them In: Burlap and Leaves Keep Garden Plants Warm This Winter
Gardening out of your zone? Try burlap and leaves to get palms and citrus plants that are snug and protected from the frost.
Growing Sprouts at Home
Sprouts are one of the most practical and easy ways to get power-packed fresh vegetables into your diet. In the cooler weather months when gardens aren’t producing, it’s hard to find quality produce.
The Winter Garden: A Homemade Cloche for Garden Plants
There is definitely a cool edge to the air in my garden these days, and it’s going to get colder. Even though we don’t have a lot of very cold days in our part of the world, it does freeze in the winter time. The first frost seems to be approaching rapidly, and the plants have stopped growing almost entirely.
Flower Waters for Health and Beauty
Flower waters are some of the best natural beauty products you can find. They also come with many health benefits. Flower waters can be used as skin tonics, in baths, as natural perfumes, in homemade beauty products and even to give your bed sheets a delicate fragrance.
Green Mulch for the Winter Garden
At this time of year, thoughts in the northern hemisphere turn to putting the garden to bed. If you are a winter gardener, it is time to bring out the cloches and the cold frames and help less-hardy crops through the growing cold. It’s also time to mulch. What is Mulch? Think of mulch as […]
Differences Between Asiatic and Oriental Garden Lilies
Hardy garden lilies are from the Lilium species, with many being hybrid plants, bred for better plants or flowers. Lily flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies to any type of sunny garden.
