Herbs for Wreath Making If your herb garden is anything like mine, you have herbs for days. However, there’s a limit to what you can do with your excess herbs. Sure, I cook with them, dry them for use in the off-season, and gift them to friends. But, I still have plenty of cuttings after… Read More
Keeping Seedlings Organized This year we started our seeds in soil blocks are per usual. We also labeled our bocks using our old trusty duck tape method. However, when we had to pot up our seedlings into bigger, temporary pots until the last frost date passes, some blocks got mixed up. Opps. I briefly thought… Read More
Perfect DIY Natural Lip Stain Have you ever eaten a plum and thought, “hey, that’s a perfect touch of color for my lips!” You can certainly go ahead and rub plum juice all over your lips, but that can get a bit messy. Instead, make a quick and easy natural lip stain that will… Read More
Why Prune Plants in the Winter? Increase blooming, stimulate fruit production and enhance the form of your landscape trees, shrubs and grasses with winter pruning. This is a perfect time to begin your landscape cleanup in preparation for a beautiful spring. Winter pruning ensures that the plants put their energy into growing the way you… Read More
Summer presents it’s own set of garden maintenance challenges. To make matters interesting, it may be hot, dry, wet, cool, cloudy or sunny. There may be insect or disease infestations, or not. Regardless of what this summer may throw your direction, keeping up with these summer garden maintenance tasks will help you get the most out of… Read More