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How to Make a Lavender Wreath
Everyone should grow lavender somewhere in their garden. It is naturally deer resistant, pests don’t bother it, it’s drought tolerant and it is such a versatile plant. Today we will be showing you how to make your own lavender wreath from your own homegrown lavender. If you don’t have wheat or would like to substitute it with another plant like eucalyptus then that is great. Just make sure the plant you use is properly dried. This lavender & Fall wheat wreath is so easy to make you only need four things to recreate this beautiful wreath. It turned out beautiful and was made just in time for my pre-fall home…
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How to Quit Your Job and Start a Farm
Where to begin when starting a farm
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What is the Best Fertilizer and How To Use It
Sometimes knowing what fertilizer to use for what can be overwhelming. I know when I first started learning about all the different things you can add to your soil I thought I’d never understand it all. What is Fertilizer The great thing about your own garden is that once you know what your garden needs then you can just focus on that instead of trying to understand everything. Over the years we’ve tried hundreds of different fertilizers and we’ve found a good balance for our particular soil. The first thing you need to do is test your soil. I use these testers. Once you’ve found out you soil composition you…
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Top 5 Most Brilliant Ways to Save Money on Gardening
Gardening can be an expensive hobby. But it doesn’t have to be. In fact, gardening should be virtually free if you do it the old fashioned way. These top ten brilliant hacks can help you save money gardening. Here are a few different routes to take when considering a budget friendly garden. Ask a Gardener First, consider asking gardening neighbors for seeds or extra plants. Gardeners are notoriously generous when it comes to plants. I know I personally plant too many seeds in the spring and then I don’t have enough room for all my plants. I end up giving away seedlings every spring. If you’re looking for perennials then…
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How to Relieve Anxiety with Gardening
Do you suffer from anxiety or depression? Have you gotten the help you need from the doctor but sometimes just feel meh? Here is a list of ways that gardening can help relieve some of the symptoms of depression and anxiety.
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The Best Plants to Plant in Spring and Fall
dependent on your area's Frost Dates and the type of plant you are planting. However, there are some basic answers to the best plants to plant in the Spring and Fall
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How to Make The Absolute Best Lavender Creme Brûlée
Creme Brûlée is a delicious creamy, rich pudding topped with torched sugar. It is one of those desserts that seems like something you only get from a fancy restaurant but it is one you can make at home easily. Creme Brûlée is my FAVORITE dessert. It is sweet, creamy and decadent, what more could you want?! Lavender I have a favorite Carmel Creme Brûlée that I always use when making decadent desserts but this time I decided to change it just a little. I have been adding culinary lavender to so many recipes lately to varied results of delicious or just ok. Of course I had to try it in…
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Preserving Green Beans
This years green been crop has been amazing. Every other day I go out and the plants are fully loaded. On Monday Prosper and my mother and I went out to do a down to the ground picking. By which I mean we got down on the ground and picked for about 45 minutes and look at that haul! We planted Hulk bush beans and they have been our best harvest. The beans are huge without being lumpy, starchy, and old. They are fresh and crispy and so yummy. Because we harvested so many we had to bottle them so we can have garden beans all winter long. You can…
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The Best Guide to Choosing the Right Lavender Varieties
There are so many lavender varieties that it can be a little bit overwhelming to navigate. We are here to help you understand which lavenders to choose for your own garden. Lavender Varieties Let’s start with a really quick basic biology lesson. Lavender is part of the lamiaceae (Lay-mi-a-see-aye) family it’s genus is lavandula and there are 47 know species of the lavandula genus. Okey dokey, so what does that mean? It means that all lavenders are part of the mint family and that there are 47 types of lavender to choose from. And they are all different. Lavindin There are also hybrids of each lavender called lavindins or lavender…
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The Best Spinach Artichoke Dip Harvested from Your Garden
Grow your own artichokes and make them into this delectable dish. This Recipe uses fresh grown artichoke and spinach added to creamy savory ingredients that combine into the best appetizer. This is one of my most requested recipes. A few years ago my mother got me a couple of artichoke plants because we love artichokes and we love to grow new things. We didn’t expect them to do as well as they’ve done but they are such a great plant! They are perennial which means they come back every year in the spring and produce artichokes. Plant once, harvest forever. That’s my kind of plant! How to Grow Artichoke Artichokes…
