Herbal bath tea soothes and cools summer skin rashes, bites, and minor sun burns, while it calms and relaxes. You can make it in minutes from the herbs in your garden. This DIY herbal bath tea project makes a lovely and unique gift for those who could use a little spa time in their hectic […]
Planting your Natural Dye Garden for a Full Palette of Natural Colors
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Planning your natural dye garden: A natural dye garden will give you eco-friendly, natural dye pigments for textiles, knitting yarns, soap making, and even artist paints and pastels and children’s art supplies. This year, put aside a portion of your garden, that you normally dedicate to flowers and herbs, to plant a rainbow of natural […]
5 Herbal Teas From the Garden that You May Have Overlooked
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Herbal teas can be harvested from the hedgerows, the garden, and the wild lands around you. They are rich in vitamins and minerals as well as active medicines that help your body thrive through the stresses of each season. These 5 fruity herbal teas can be harvested in the summer and are so abundant that […]
2 Ways to Ferment Fresh Herbs to Preserve Them for Months
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Fermented fresh herbs have an intense fresh, tangy taste. Fermenting locks in the flavour and gives them a tangy zing from the lactic acid of the ferment. While perennial herbs like rosemary, oregano, and thyme retain their flavours when dried, annual herbs like basil, cilantro, and parsley lose their zing . While you can freeze […]
How to Harvest Marshmallow Root From the Spring Herb Garden
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Spring isn’t too late to harvest medicinal roots from your herb garden Marshmallow roots, like other medicinal roots, are usually harvested for herbal remedies in the fall, when the growing season has poured solar energy into the plant and the tops of the plants have died back. At this time the roots contain the maximum […]
How to Grow Phenomenal Lavender Even if You Live in Zone 3
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Lavender is the herb I most love to grow. I love the smell. I love walking past a plant in the garden and brushing the leaves. I love that it’s practically carefree . That is it’s carefree unless you live in zone 3. Learning how to grow lavender is tricky if you live on a […]
Make Small Batch Fermented Rhubarb Pickles, a Show Stopper on the Pickle Tray
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Rhubarb is the first vegetable out of the garden. If you live in the lower 48 you may even be seeing the first bright sprouts of rhubarb coming up, as the snow recedes. Rhubarb is often already growing before the grass greens up in spring. Pickling the long stems is a fresh way to enjoy […]
10 Blue Ribbon Secrets that Grandma Used to Grow the Best Heirloom Tomatoes
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Grandma was no sloucher. Every year she started planning for the Fall Fair in January, with the seed catalogs, a cup of herbal tea, her garden journal, and a black marker. With her shorter growing season there were no second chances. Grandma knew the blueprint to get that coveted blue ribbon for the best heirloom […]
