Category: Home & Gardening

You Can’t Have Summer Without A Cocktail Garden

What herbs you need in your garden this season that will make for delicious cocktail garnishes, plus a few cocktails that will pair well.  We’re bringing the fun to our backyards this summer with the hottest herbs you need in your garden. What makes them so hot? Well, they won’t just be for growing, but…


Growing Herbs in Mason Jars

Would you like to have easy access to fresh herbs in your home? Starting a mason jar herb garden is a simple project that brings life, beauty and flavor to your kitchen. There’s a reason why chefs talk about the importance of using fresh herbs. Flavor profile and nutrient density are at peak freshness closest…


Oregano, a must have in the garden…and in the medicine cabinet

Ah oregano. No self respecting pizzeria is without a shaker full of it nearby. But the proverbial pizza topper has far more uses than spicing up one of America’s favorite foods. From curing athlete’s foot to helping fight cancer, Oregano has unsung medical properties and growing it in your garden or right there on your…


Edibles You Can Easily Add to Your Garden

When planning your garden, the major considerations include the following: location, space limitations, containers, and aesthetics. Now that people are finding ways to grow their own herbs and veggies, whether for health or personal reasons, usually that means more pots, more space needed, and more time spent tending the garden. Don’t compromise between flowers and…


Four Simple Low Maintenance Garden Plants for Busy People

Gardening doesn’t have to be a hobby reserved only for the retired. If you find yourself busier than usual with work, it doesn’t mean you should throw your gardening gloves away and give up gardening for good. There are so many plants out there that do just fine with minimal care and maintenance, making it…


Five Essential Starter Gardening Tools for Beginners

Gardening is a fun and inexpensive hobby with the potential of offering hours of fun and entertainment. What better way to enjoy the fresh air this spring than by trying your hand at growing some new plants? You don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars on purchasing supplies. This article will introduce you to the…


Sacred Smoke: The Benefits of Smudging

The practice of burning sage in one’s surroundings, or “smudging,” is an ancient Native American ritual that is increasingly popular across cultures. Beyond associated spiritual beliefs, there is growing scientific reason to consider that the smoke from sage and other herbs could have a positive impact on one’s physical environment as well as their physiological…


Airing Out Your Roots

What are plants without the planting? Semantic irony aside, aeroponic systems make soil-free plant growth not only possible, but rapid and abundant. The level of efficiency, water conservation, nutrient density and food safety seem almost too good to be true at first glance. Nonetheless, as long as one has the funds and will power to invest in an aeroponic…


Growing potatoes in your garden

Despite today’s trend of linking the potato to junk food (think French Fries or chips!) the first vegetable that I am planting early spring in my garden are potatoes! In fact, potatoes are not only a beloved comfort food, they are also considered to be healthy and help with weight loss. Originally from South America,…


Three Easy Balcony Container Veggies/Herbs for Apartment Living

Spring is nearly here. We can feel it in the way the cherry trees sway, adorned with powder pink jewels. Daffodils, hyacinths, and other flowers are beginning to burst from every neighboring field, and we can finally witness tiny seed sprouts breaking through the earth, signaling the time for growth and rebirth. You don’t need…