Category Archives: Edible Flowers

Simple & Natural Cures From The Garden

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Sunny calendulas make excellent salve and bees adore them Colds, Flu, and Covid Oh sigh, it’s chicken soup time again (a vegetarian version works too). Despite (or maybe because of) the general relaxing of pandemic rules and prohibitions, a lot … Continue reading

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Weed Eaters Delight

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For extra zing, add a few tasty weeds to your salad bowl Spring Salads Pack A Pleasing Punch As warmer weather arrives (sometimes, at least), the garden beds are filling up fast. Early peas are blooming, last year’s kale is … Continue reading

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Pots & Troughs For Aging Knees

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Where soil is tired and compacted, troughs are a boon When The Third Time Is Not The Charm I recently visited a little garden that was both bare and overgrown, with scrupulously raked beds and struggling shrubs and trees leaning … Continue reading

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Pretty Pomander Balls Smell Sweet

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Leave room between cloves because the orange will shrink Medieval Air Fresheners Back in the day—WAY back—even high-born European people lived in filth and squalor that would make most modern teenagers look like neatniks. With no understanding of the importance … Continue reading

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