SALVE/sav/Noun: An ointment used to promote healing of the skin or as protection. How many out here use Neosporin for your cuts and burns? How many out here would like to make your own salves with your own homegrown herbs for little to nothing? I do grow a lot of my own herbs. That’s how I learned how to grow many of the fruits and vegetables that we grow now after
I promised didn’t I? a Rafflecopter giveaway I am in fact giving away one Jam or Jelly to the winner of this giveaway. The giveaway starts April 1st at midnight and ends on April 13th at midnight. At the conclusion I will announce the winner and that winner will receive whichever jam or jelly that sounds good to them that I have listed at my Etsy store. Now in order
UPDATE! I have one last batch of seeds left to give to any who would like them. Due to the overwhelming response I have nothing left other than Long Island Cheese Pumpkin seeds and I barely have much left of those! These grow into gorgeous pumpkin like squash with brilliant orange flesh. Long Island Cheese pumpkins are very sweet and are great for making pies, breads or even soups. This
A few might recall I posted a giveaway for free seeds a while ago. I do have a few left to give out which I have listed down below here but here’s a bonus for those who received some of those free seeds. A bit of history. I am the type of person who loves reading the history behind a plant. How did it become so popular? Why is this certain vegetable
It has now been seven weeks since we started our seedlings and this year, once again, we tried a different way.That’s the way it is with gardening and gardeners in general. Many ask me as of late to give them advice and most times I’m left stuttering and speechless. Because most of it boils down to trying something over and over again and just simply finding what works for us.
How many of us go to the grocery store and pay for Vanilla Extract? Raise your hands. Wait, no, never mind, because of course I cannot see you but if I could I would bet most of my readers here would raise their hands. I know I normally would. That is until recently when I discovered I could make my own Vanilla extract for use in baking and cooking and
Gardeners all have their own particular way of storing seeds. Our tried and true methods to keep our seeds dry, safe, cool, and most of all, viable.For me, approximately five years ago, give or take, that meant storing them in their original envelopes in a tupperware container and hoped that they wouldn’t get wet. Many times I would get frustrated each year when I would try to start some seeds
BIG SEED GIVEAWAY ~~UPDATE~~ The following seeds are free for the asking. Just ask. Acorn Squash Long Island Cheese Pumpkin Marina di Chioggia Kabocha Squash Delicata Squash Carnival (also heard it called Festival) Squash Galeux D’eysines Red Russian Kale Casaba Melon Santa Claus Melon Most of these I have either grown myself and harvested from the fruit or I purchased the fruit at a local vendor and then saved the
Its commonly said “Third times the charm”. Well this seems to apply to a plant that I have tried to grow for some time. Jiaogulan. (jee-ow goo lan) Also called Southern Ginseng and The Herb of Immortality or in China, Xiancao. Jiaogulan is a native to Southern China and is part of the Cucurbitaceae family which means its actually related to the cucumber and pumpkin family and like many other
Who likes free stuff?I know I do! Okay, well. I did an inventory of our entire seed bank and found we have a lot of extra seeds.Now, I do have to say, this offer is not exactly free. There is a cost somewhat. Like last years Black Futsu Seed giveaway the only thing I ask on this one is that if you are interested you must cover the postage.This means,
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