Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is a vigorous wild plant that easily naturalizes in the home garden. While some may call it a weed, it is easy to love in the garden and it has multiple medicinal and culinary uses. Lemon balm has a clean, lemony scent, is a pest-repellent, and has a long history ... Read More about Herbal Guide to Lemon Balm: Grow, Harvest, and Use Melissa officinalis
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Lovely Lemon Balm Soap (Cold Process Recipe)
This lemon balm soap recipe is soft and rich from the high percentage of olive oil. It has a bright lemon-mint fragrance and is naturally coloured with turmeric and green mica. Lemon balm soap is a refreshing and cheery soap to use in the kitchen or potting shed to moisturize and cleanse hard ... Read More about Lovely Lemon Balm Soap (Cold Process Recipe)
Lemon Balm Lip Balm for Cold Sores
Lemon balm is the herb for little red spots. It makes a fresh and delicious tea and grows like crazy in the garden but in herb circles it's known for so much more. Lemon balm's antiviral properties make it a popular herb for the treatment for cold sores, chicken pox, bug bites, and other little red ... Read More about Lemon Balm Lip Balm for Cold Sores
Mojito Mint Popsicles with Lemon and Honey
If you love the flavour of mojito, you've got to add a mojito mint plant to your garden! Not only is this prolific growing plant perfect to use in a mojito or lemonade, but I love using it to make mint popsicles. Learn about the mojito plant and how to make mint popsicles with lemon and ... Read More about Mojito Mint Popsicles with Lemon and Honey
Protect Your Lips with an All-Natural Sunscreen Lip Balm Recipe
Before you head out in the sun, do you cover your skin with sunscreen? What about your lips? Applying sunscreen meant for your skin directly to your lips doesn't taste very good. Plus it dries out your lips and dulls the shine. Instead, try this homemade sunscreen lip balm. It will protect your ... Read More about Protect Your Lips with an All-Natural Sunscreen Lip Balm Recipe
Homemade Peppermint Healing Foot Balm that Cools + Soothes Sore Feet
Can we talk about feet for a moment? As a gardener my feet take a beating. I love to be outdoors no matter what the season and I walk everywhere I can. I have a car, but it sits there all week in front of my house while I don my walking shoes (or flip flops) and head out for a jaunt around the ... Read More about Homemade Peppermint Healing Foot Balm that Cools + Soothes Sore Feet
Natural Beauty Seed Collection DIY Kit
Here's What You Get! The Seeds The seed collection includes 3 annual flowers (colorful Calendula and Cornflower [also known as Bachelor Buttons or Centaurea] mixes as well as charming, double-petaled Sunflowers) and 4 perennial herbs (2 different types of Lavender [Mini Blue and Vera], Lemon ... Read More about Natural Beauty Seed Collection DIY Kit
Herbal Guide to St. John’s Wort
St. John's wort is a cheerful, useful plant that any herbalist can easily add to her medicine cabinet. Here is the history of the plant and how to grow it (or forage it). Plus, learn the benefits St. John's wort, plus three different ways you can use it. Recently, I was out for a walk with ... Read More about Herbal Guide to St. John’s Wort
Herbal Guide to Feverfew
Feverfew is a pretty, cheery flower that has some excellent medicinal benefits. From preventing migraines to helping with menstrual problems, this herb is a wonderful addition to any herbal garden. Here's how to grow, harvest, and use the feverfew plant. Perhaps, like me, you were wandering ... Read More about Herbal Guide to Feverfew
Burn Herbs In Your Campfire to Repel Mosquitoes Naturally
Whether you are camping or enjoying a little backyard entertaining around a fire pit, you can easily repel mosquitoes by tossing in a few herb branches. Burning herbs is a natural and safe way to keep mosquitoes from making you their next meal. Read on to find out which fresh plants and herbs repel ... Read More about Burn Herbs In Your Campfire to Repel Mosquitoes Naturally
1-Minute DIY Natural Bug Spray Recipe {That Really Works}
Deter mosquitoes naturally with this natural bug spray that uses witch hazel and essential oils for a pleasant smelling, but very effective homemade bug spray. Ugh. Mosquitoes. I hate them, but they love me. No, really. They love to bite me. If you think it’s rubbish that mosquitoes prefer to ... Read More about 1-Minute DIY Natural Bug Spray Recipe {That Really Works}
How to Make a Foaming Soap Dispenser + an All-Natural Foam Soap Recipe
Making your own all-natural foaming hand soap costs a fraction of store-bought options, takes mere seconds to make, is healthy for your skin, and you can customize the scent to be whatever you choose. All that should be enough to get your excited, but making your own dispenser also reduces ... Read More about How to Make a Foaming Soap Dispenser + an All-Natural Foam Soap Recipe