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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Every spring our yard turns bright yellow with dandelions, and instead of seeing weeds, I’ve started seeing one of the easiest free herbal teas to make at home. Dandelion flowers are just one useful part of the plant. The leaves, flowers, and roots have all been used for food, herbal remedies, and homestead projects for
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