I love love love herbs. They are a delicious, beautiful, and healing part of my garden that have become integral to my daily life. I’m always looking for different ways to get more herby goodness into my life, which is why I’ve been making herb-infused vinegars lately. This is a traditional herbal ... Read More about How to Make Artisanal Herb-Infused Vinegar
Harvesting Herbs, Healing, and How to Make the Perfect Cup of Herbal Tea
There are few things as satisfying as the ritual of harvesting fragrant herbs, then using them to make wonderful herbal tea. Preparing a cup of tea signals your body to focus inward and heal what ails you. When you also grow the herbs in your garden, the ritual expands to a full experience. Growing ... Read More about Harvesting Herbs, Healing, and How to Make the Perfect Cup of Herbal Tea
Serenity Now! Encouraging Deep Relaxation with Homemade Lavender Eye Pillows
Aromatherapy eye pillows are a wonderful way to promote sleep, relieve anxiety, and they can even help reduce headaches and chronic pain in some people. They create a gentle weight and soothing aroma that promotes deep relaxation. Eye pillows are often used in yoga practice for savasana, where I ... Read More about Serenity Now! Encouraging Deep Relaxation with Homemade Lavender Eye Pillows
Overwinter Succulents to Keep Them Beautiful All Year Long
With succulents at the height of popularity, there is now a great variety of interesting new plants available for the home garden. There are so many beautiful and decorative specimens, you very well may have collected some succulents that you would like to grow for years to come. This is how I ... Read More about Overwinter Succulents to Keep Them Beautiful All Year Long
Amazing Amaranth: All About this Leafy Green, Grain, and Superfood
Our favorite unusual vegetable expert, Niki Jabbour, is here once again to teach us all about another crop to try: amaranth! This superfood plant produces leafy greens that can be used like spinach as well as seed that can be popped like popcorn, ground into flour, or cooked like ... Read More about Amazing Amaranth: All About this Leafy Green, Grain, and Superfood