BACKYARD GARDENING
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Step-By-Step Tips For Growing, Harvesting, Storing, and Using Chives [Guide]
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are perennial herbs that belong to the onion family. They feature slender, hollow leaves with a mild onion-like flavor. Chives are commonly used as a culinary herb, lending their fresh and delicate onion flavor to dishes like soups, salads, dips, and more.
Whether you're a seasoned gardener or a beginner, growing chives in your own garden is rewarding and easy. In this guide, we'll explore everything you need to know about growing chives, from planting to harvest.
Step-By-Step Tips For Growing, Harvesting, Storing, and Using Rosemary [Guide]
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a beloved herb that has been cherished for centuries for its delightful fragrance, culinary versatility, and numerous health benefits. Whether you're an experienced gardener or just starting your journey, growing rosemary at home is a rewarding experience that brings a touch of Mediterranean charm to your garden and culinary creations.
Step-By-Step Tips For Growing, Harvesting, Storing, and Using Basil [Guide]
One of the remarkable advantages of growing basil is the ability to customize flavors according to your preferences. With a wide range of basil varieties available, each offering its own unique aroma and taste, you have the freedom to explore different flavor profiles and experiment with culinary creations. From the classic Genovese basil with its sweet and slightly peppery notes to the citrusy and tangy Thai basil, there's a basil variety to suit every palate and recipe. By growing your own basil, you have the opportunity to handpick the specific varieties that best complement your favorite dishes, allowing you to tailor the flavors to your liking.
Nature's Therapy: Discover 5 Soothing Herbs for Your Spa Shower Routine
Adding herbal and aromatherapy elements to your bathing ritual has been a long standing tradition in cultures around the world, but there’s just something extra rewarding about it when you grow those flowers and herbs yourself. So head out to the garden and clip a few sprigs of whatever calls to you - we’ll go over some of the easiest ways to include plants in your shower routine.
Learning about how different herbs can provide different benefits for the skin and body can bring you closer to nature and yourself, as well as offering a ton of ways you can support yourself through a self care ritual not rooted in consumerism (hard to find these days). You’re probably familiar with using fragrant botanicals like eucalyptus and lavender in your spa shower routine, but here’s a few more herbs and flowers you should consider including next time you’re looking for a soothing sensory experience in the shower:
Taste the Freshness: Garden to Table Garlic Scape Pesto [Recipe]
One of the first ways I know that June has arrived is in the appearance of garlic scapes. Tiny white cloves planted way back in October have been waiting for this day to send their shoots high into the sky, the flowering stalks both otherworldly and beautiful as they twist and turn, narrow green tendrils dancing in the breeze that has yet to turn into the humid and stagnant air of full summer.
Garlic scapes aren’t something you can find in the grocery store, and while you may be able to find a single stall at your local farmers market that has them, their inventory will be short-lived. The season for scapes is small, a window of just a couple of weeks that adds to their novelty. Just another excellent excuse to grow them yourself as a side-effect of your garlic harvest.
Breathe Easy: Natural Herbal Seasonal Allergy Remedies to Relieve Your Symptoms
Probably the worst thing about beautiful June? Itchy noses distracting us from our garden tasks. Seasonal allergies are here to stay on our homestead, so I find myself turning to herbal remedies to relieve some of my symptoms.