I love to grow garlic at home for my family. I get so excited when my local fruit market gets the American-grown garlic in because this is perfect for starting to grow my own garlic. In the summer I store my garlic in teh regfridgerator which tends to encourage sprouting. At this point garlic it is ready for fall garlic planting. Can you grow garlic from a clove? Yes, you can grow ...
Lemongrass Soap With Calendula
Lemongrass is great for repelling mosquitoes and other unwanted insects. This is one reason we use Zote laundry soap bar over the summertime and on camping trips. This homemade lemongrass soap with calendula has all of the skin benefits of the calendula soap with the insect-repelling benefits of Zote allowing me to help keep my family bug bit free while helping to protect their skin from the ...
Uses for Lemon Balm
Lemon balm is a beautiful and flavorful perennial herb that has many great uses in your home, garden, and kitchen making it well worth getting to know this hearty and useful plant. Lemon balm is part of the mint family and will quickly spread unchecked making it a great option for growing in pots to help control the spread. Lemon balm grows well both indoors and out when provided with plenty of ...
How To Grow Turmeric
Turmeric is one of the more useful culinary herbs. Turmeric's anti-inflammatory properties make it an unsurpassed ingredient in cooking, especially when mixed with pepper in a pepper shaker. I often use turmeric as an alternative to artificial dies. Turmeric is a great addition to a soothing before-bed moon milk. In the same way as ginger, turmeric can be used in Asian dishes and stir-fries or ...
How to Grow Black Turmeric
Black turmeric is one of the more useful medicinal herbs, black turmeric can be used in place of regular turmeric. Black turmeric's anti-inflammatory properties make it an unsurpassed ingredient in cooking, especially when mixed with pepper in a pepper shaker. In the same way as ginger and orange turmeric, black turmeric can be used in Asian dishes and stir-fries or even be made into a soothing ...
Growing Saffron: How To Grow Saffron Crocus Bulbs At Home
Saffron has always fascinated me. This tiny delicate yet flavorful spice comes from a flower so rare it only blooms one week a year. Saffron must be harvested by hand early in the day before the flower can bloom. Saffron will cost you about $10 to $13 for a single gram at your local grocery store. A pound of saffron goes for upwards of $1500 earning it the name "red gold". For the best results to ...