Apple cider vinegar is a fun – yet sometimes difficult recipe to master. When you make it for the first time it feels almost magical watching the process work. Instead of throwing away apple peels and cores, you can turn them into a naturally fermented vinegar that can be used in cooking, homemade dressings, cleaning, […]
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Thyme is an amazing herb, it’s a perennial and easy to grow in zone 5, it’s a powerhouse medicinal plant and, it grows from May – October in Zone 5. How to harvest and dry thyme is a bit unique compared to other herbs like dill or mint. Thyme’s tiny little leaves on woody stems
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Drying dill has become a routine here throughout the summer months. Growing dill in abundance, harvesting the dill plant, then stripping the leaves and drying in the dehydrator for a few days. It’s a little tedious, but then we have freshly dried dill from plants that we grew for us to use all year long.
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Every year we manage to grow a mass abundance of dill – without fail. In fact, I’d say that we improve our yields tremendously year over year. This wonderfully flavoured herb is easy to harvest once you know how to do it. In this article, I’ll go over our techniques for how to harvest dill
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Mosquito bites are just part of summer unfortunately. Between gardening, watering the beds in the evening, and spending time outside with the kids, somebody always ends up getting bitten. Even with all the preventative things (DEET spray, long pants, herbs) even my 2 ingredient natural mosquito repellent. But – I have a mosquito bite home
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