12 Whimsical Uses for Incredible Edible Flowers
With These New Ideas Under Your Belt, You Won’t Just Be Eating Your ‘rainbow’ Every Day; You’ll Be Eating Your Bouquet Too!
More than Just a Pretty Face: The History and Medicine Behind Edible Flowers
Eating flowers is a practice that has deep roots in humanity’s history. Learn why we should start eating edible flowers again, and their history in medicine.
The Understandable Guide to Companion Planting: How to Find Soil-Mates in the Garden
Who would’ve thought we would be a matchmaker in the garden; but, that’s essentially the definition of Companion Planting. Learn how to apply this method to your garden today!
A Time to Plant, Fall Herb Gardening
Spring: The Fickle Season Ah, Spring ~ the fickle season. Bringing us out on a lovely day then slapping us back inside with an unexpected snowstorm. “Cover the__” – {you can fill in the blank!} And on the other side of spring, another lovely day followed by...
Growing Your Own Superfood: Turmeric Plants
You may or may not have heard of turmeric before, or only know about it as a dried spice. However, like many herbs, fresh turmeric is leaps and bounds above it's dried counterpart. Have you ever dined on Indian food, or perhaps a yellow/orange Thai curry? If you have,...
Help Save the Monarch Butterfly with Asclepias Tuberosa, Butterfly Milkweed
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias Tuberosa) is a native plant that creates a wonder area of your garden for monarch butterflies. The Growers Exchange wants to encourage our gardening friends to set aside a sunny space in their gardens to help these majestic butterflies...
The Benefits of Growing Your Own Ginger Plants
Many people may recognize ginger root in the store, or the powdered ginger spice in a bottle, and yet wouldn't be able to identify a ginger plant. This exotic plant (Zingiber officinale) grows best in fertile, moist well-draining soil with warm temperatures. The...
An Overview on Using Herbal & Essential Oils for Your Skin: How They Work and Which Ones Work Best
Herbal & essential oils have become an increasingly popular way to treat a variety of ailments. They have potential uses for everything from improving a person's mood to helping someone feel more relaxed and fall asleep more easily. Some essential oils even...
White Sage is a Winner With Us! – How to Make a Cleansing Stick
Have you ever seen someone burn a rustic-looking bundle of dried herbs to cleanse their new home or work space? Well, that herb was most likely white sage. Though some people may find this practice a little odd, burning sacred herbs as a safeguard against evil or negative energy actually dates centuries back.