Category Archives: Edible Flowers

Magic Mint & Guerilla Gardening

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Ann Lovejoy
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Seedpods are ripening fast Gathering Tomorrow’s Garden My grandkids and I love to harvest seeds of all sort of flowers, with the mantra, “pods that rattle are ripe!” Once dried and cleaned, as use the seeds in various mixtures for … Continue reading →

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Simple & Natural Cures From The Garden

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Ann Lovejoy
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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

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Ann Lovejoy
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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

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Ann Lovejoy
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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 →

Posted in Annual Color, Birds In The Garden, Care & Feeding, Drainage, Easy Care Perennials, Edible Flowers, Garden Design, Garden Prep, Hardy Herbs, Health & Wellbeing, Pollination Gardens, Soil, Sustainable Gardening, Sustainable Living | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments