Grow Plants Indoors This Fall
These plants ship in the Fall, pre-order today as plants will not last! Growing Herbs indoors can be easy if all the steps are checked....
Why This Season Is the Perfect Time to Start Your Victory Garden
Maximize The Gardening Space & Time You HaveBack in World War I, Europe had a huge food shortage, which prompted the creation of the National...
Tips For Growing Herb Plants Indoors
We try to be specific on our site, and try to provide information on why some herbs do well indoors and why others should not be grown indoors.
Herbal Aromatherapy: Do Scents Make Sense?
Inhale something lovely, a sprig of lavender perhaps. What happens? Better yet, open the bottle of perfume your mother always wore. Memories flood in. Why? Our sense of smell has been vital to our survival. We, in 2018, may not rely on that sense as we once did, but...
Gardening and Mindfulness
Although some would argue that ‘mindfulness is the new black', for most gardeners, we've been practicing mindfulness since the first moment we connected to the soil. Don't get me wrong guided meditation, in the classic sense, is an important I'd argue; a vital...
No Milkweed, No Monarchs: Why Asclepias Plants Are So Very Important!
Although it won't be official until mid-March, when the Mexican government releases the winter’s population count, ‘unofficial’ reports are anticipating a rather small migrating population. These unofficial reports are coming from the El Rosario Sanctuary in Mexico...
Tips for Growing Herb Plants Indoors
I’ll be the first to admit it: growing herbs indoors is not as easy as growing them outdoors. But, rest assured, it can be done. Since I have a lot of greenhouse space, plenty of light and water and 24/7 attention, I never felt the need to grow them indoors, at...
The New World: Medicinal Herbs in Colonial Times
As much as I love growing herbs, I really love talking about them. And, believe it or not, I get lots of nice invitations from lots of nice folks who don't mind listening to me ramble for an hour or two. My last show was for a group of truly dedicated gardeners at the...
Lavender & Calendula Healing Salve
Whether you are suffering the effects of this current Arctic Blast or wintering is South Florida (lucky you), most of us are feeling the effects of winter on our skin. Dry, chafing, itchy skin that looks nothing like those hand models on TV. Here is a quick and easy...