Learn how to grow lavender from seeds or cuttings, tips on pruning, watering, and other growing requirements, then how to harvest and dry the flowers and leaves! Want more lavender in your life and flower beds? Try growing your own plants from seed or cuttings! How to Grow Lavender from Cuttings Rooting or propagating your…
In this article, you’ll learn how to forage for mullein flowers, leaves, and roots, then how to harvest and preserve them! Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) is a favorite summer plant to forage! It has a unique look and lots of healthy benefits. Once you learn about mullein and the things you can make from it,…
Yedikule is a white-seeded romaine-type lettuce that can be grown close together in rows, or the plants spaced out more to form large heads. The leaves are bright green and have a pleasantly mild taste. Leaves grow more pointing upright than outwards. Thanks to the high levels of natural oils present in the plant, the…
(Raphanus sativus) Radishes: you love them or you hate them. Either way, these spicy little roots are one of the quickest growing vegetables you can plant in your garden, some varieties ready to harvest in as few as three weeks! Basics Plant your radishes in a location that gets at least 6 hours of sun…
Want a tall, bushy green plant loaded with tons of ruffled white flowers that the pollinators absolutely adore? Kilimanjaro white marigolds might be just what you’re looking for! The 2″ creamy flowers have open centers, unlike many marigolds, where the petals are so strongly ruffled that the pollen of the flowers is simply inaccessible to…
(Impatiens balsamina) An annual flower that thrives in the heat, these plants have seed pods that burst open with just a gentle squeeze when fully mature. This sends them off to join the ranks of plants that go by the nickname ‘Touch-Me-Not’, which, conversely, usually means that people go out of their way to touch…
Today we shine the spotlight on Resina Calendula – a medical herbal flower that’s loaded with the beneficial resins that make calendula a well loved remedy! Resina Calendula Plant: Flowering Herb Seeds Obtained From: Rare Seeds (Baker Creek Heirlooms) About: Resina calendula flowers are bright yellow and orange. The entire plant is rather sticky to…
It’s a common point of confusion for many people – What’s the difference between calendula and marigolds? They’re basically the same thing, right? Can’t I just substitute one for the other? Calendula and marigolds are two very different plants with different actions, and trying to substitute one for the other isn’t advised. We personally blame…
(Gilia capitata) An annual wildflower native to a large portion of western USA, adored by pollinators! Truly, a most perfect flower orb. Basics Hot and on the dry side is the way to go with gilia globe! Plant it outside in zone 6 and up in well-draining soil and full sun. It’s said to be…
Spilanthes is an herbalist’s best friend! The flowers, which look rather eyeball-like due to their shape and coloration, have natural medicinal properties and are a vital part of our herb garden. We always have a jar of spilanthes tincture in our medicine cabinet! It’s tied with lemon balm tincture for most used herbal remedy in…
Basil, the damsel! How dramatically she wilts when she decides it’s been too long since her roots were kissed with sweetness of water, only to spring back to full vigor within hours of her demands being met, as though nothing ever happened. Such a drama queen. Basics This fair lady wants nothing to do with…
On this sunny morn, we have some lilac suckers that need dividing. Lilacs have the glorious ability of multiplication through taking a root and deciding to grow a baby on it. Normally, that baby would be stuck right there, in the shade of the parent plant, never to journey off on its own, experience new…