Posts Tagged ‘harvesting’
Tips and Tricks with Drying Flowers
When you are out walking in the wood or the fields, there is a great way of drying what you picked up along the way.This old faithful is particularly good for drying yellow or white flowers such as dogwood or yellow roses. More useful than you may know is the old tried and true favorite detergent. Read the rest of this entry »
Basil
As we get closer to spring and have a few days of warmer weather, anyone who loves to grow things will think about starting seeds. My first project is usually starting a few herbs in pots and placing them on a sunny windowsill.
Basil is among my favorite because there are so many varieties and it is quite easy to grow. While most people think of basil as being traditionally an Italian herb there are so many different kinds that you can use it in most any dish and it need not be confined to tomato dishes, it works very well with poultry or pork and in salads.