Spring is just arriving in my Zone 5. I am waiting for the tulips and other bulb flowers to blossom. Until them I enjoy my indoor plants and work in the greenhouse. I found this video today and the cheery music and beautiful flowers remined me of the gardens to come and I wanted to […]
There are many ways to dye items using natural items such as flowers and vegetables, flowers and fruits. It is a cheap, fun and interesting way to dye. The colors you get are colors you don’t see in the dyes you buy is stores. This video shows how to use a vegetable (red cabbage) to […]
There are several flowers you can grow in the garden that beatify the yard but also can be added to salads and other meals. They are referred to as edible flowers. I remember one day when my brother’s two boys (age three and four) were over for the day and I let them work in […]
One of my favorite plants are flowering kale and cabbage. They add interest and beauty to any garden and also have the benefit of being one of the last flowers to withstand frosts. They actually prefer cooler weather and their color becomes richer in the fall temperatures. If we don’t have much snow in my […]