Easy tips for growing rhubarb in your vegetable garden. When to plant rhubarb, how to plant rhubarb, and easy rhubarb recipes.
I have always grown rhubarb in my garden. Sometimes we eat it and sometimes we don’t, but I think I just enjoy admiring its big green leaves and pretty red stalks. Rhubarb will grow almost anywhere. We have moved our rhubarb plant five times in the past twenty years (yes, twenty!). It just keeps…
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Medicinal uses for catnip. How to grow catnip, how to use catnip to make tea, and more.
No one needs tell a cat lover that cats hold Catnip in high regard. But cats aren’t the only ones that benefit from this common herb.It turns out that catnip has many uses. Catnip is known as a kitty aphrodisiac. Bruising the leaves of Catnip releases the essential oil (specifically nepetalactone) which mimics cat’s…
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Expert tips for growing lemon balm in your herb garden.
Lemon Balm (Melissa Officinalis) is a hardy bushy perennial with green or gold scalloped leaves, tiny flowers and a lemon scent and flavor. Growing Lemon Balm Plant in well drained soil where there is full sun with midday shade. Gold leaf varieties tend to scorch in midday sun and create pale spots on…
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Close up of a green cucumber seedling in a greenhouse
It’s a beautiful, chilly March day, and I’m dreaming about planting my garden this spring. While it’s definitely still too cold to plant my garden, with a little planning and preparation, I can start my vegetable garden indoors to be ready to plant outdoors as soon as the last frost passes. When to Start…
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How to plant, grow, and care for peonies, a perennial flower used in floral arrangements. A favorite cut flower for flower arrangements.
Peonies are my favorite flowering perennial; just one step above roses for cut flowers. They are very easy to grow and once established can tolerate long periods without rain. Additionally, unlike many other flower varieties they are quite disease resistant. Peonies were one of the first perennials to populate American gardens because of their…
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