Squash blossoms are a delicious edible flower that you can find in your garden or at the farmer’s market. They can be somewhat intimidating so here’s how to clean and prepare squash blossoms.
Nasturtiums are a herbaceous annual flowering plant best known for their peppery taste, stronger than watercress, and perfect for salads, but most have no idea about nasturtium medicinal uses. Nasturtiums are annual flowers grown both
Learn how to grow nasturtiums, and add bright pops of color to your garden (and spice to your salad) with this easy to grow edible flower.
Nasturtiums are a herbaceous annual flowering plant best known for their peppery taste, stronger than watercress, and perfect for salads, but most have no idea about nasturtium medicinal uses. Nasturtiums are annual flowers grown both
In this post you will find a list of edible flowers with pictures, including easy to grow varieties, as well as their culinary use.
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Yarrow is a common wild herb that's useful in both the kitchen and medicine cabinet. This list of yarrow uses covers everything from biscuits and beer to salves, soaps, and tinctures. Yarrow's always seemed magical
One of the easiest herbal remedies you can make with fresh or dried herbs is a poultice. This topical remedy is an effective remedy for bug bites, pain, muscle cramps, and more.
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Nasturtium jelly is a unique way to use these bright spicy flowers, and it makes an unforgettable floral jelly.
When elderflowers are in season make these great elderflower recipes! Includes elderflower cordial, liqueur, tea, jelly, cake, and more!
Never heard of borage plant? You're not alone. Here are some terrific reasons to consider welcoming this easy-to-grow plant with lovely edible star-shaped flowers into your garden! Read on to learn about excellent borage uses
Borage is a beautiful annual flower that's popular with gardeners, mostly for its abundant display of showy blue flowers. It also happens to be both edible and medicinal, and it has a number of uses
Tender and sweet, with notes of pepper, broccolini is a hybrid grown for its thin edible flowering shoots. Learn how to grow broccolini on Gardener's Path.
Fireweed jelly is a delicious way to use fireweed blossoms in season.
Queen Anne's lace is a pretty flower also known as wild carrot. It's edible and medicinal with distinct identifying factors and many uses.
Dandelion jelly is like sunshine in a jar, and it's the perfect way to brighten your morning toast.
I am excited to share that The National Garden Bureau has chosen the allium as the bulb of the year! They pick one annual, one perennial, one bulb crop and one…
Have your rhubarb plants sent up flower stalks? Here's what you need to know about what to do with rhubarb flowers to protect your rhubarb harvest and enjoy a bonus seasonal delicacy, the edible rhubarb flower. #rhubarb
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Making mullein flower oil is one of the easiest herbal infused oils you can make and have on hand. Here are 5 ways to use this great oil in your home.
Few flowers offer more to love than long-blooming Dianthus. Pinks, carnations, and sweet williams are pretty, fragrant, and easy to grow. Read more now.
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) is an easy to grow garden flower that's often used in skin care products such as lotion, soap, salves, and other items for itchy, irritated, or sensitive skin. Here are ten pretty and practical ways to use chamomile flowers!
Hops are a great way to impart vivid flavours into beer - but did you know you can cook and bake with them? Here's 9 Intriguing Ways to Cook with Hops!
Make the most of common yard weeds by using white clover for food and medicine with these easy tips and recipes.
Beautiful, edible, and medicinal, bee balm is a spectacular addition to any perennial garden. Head to Gardener's Path now for more on how to grow bee balm.
There's a theory that the tastiest things need the best defenses. If you've ever stepped on or brushed by a bull thistle, you've experienced their robust defense system. What on earth are they hiding behind
Some of the most nutrient-rich foods can be gathered for free in your yard or neighborhood. Check out the many edible wild greens you can forage!
As the opioid epidemic worsens, people are desperate for natural pain relief options. Wild lettuce has been used for millennia as a natural herbal pain reliever, and now survivalists are touting it as a form
The oil and salve made from the leaves and flowers of purple coneflower (Echinacea pupurea) is super simple to make and useful to keep on hand for treating wounds, stings, bug bites and chapped irritated skin.
Find beautiful focaccia bread art to make decorative bread edible art with fresh vegetables and herbs. Paint and score designs on sourdough.
Drying hibiscus flowers from your garden is a great way to preserve the flowers to use for herbal tea or beauty products.
Jewelweed is an excellent natural remedy for poison ivy, poison oak, bug bites, and general itchy skin conditions. If you're fortunate to have any growing around you, be sure to harvest some now to preserve for year 'round use!
Arnica oil is a well known herbal remedy for bruises, sprains and muscles strains. It's surprisingly effective, as well as easy to make at home. An arnica infused oil also quickly converts to a convenient
If you have an edible landscape on your property, then you can live off the land. Here are 40 great plants for edible landscaping.
Follow this easy step-by-step guide on how to hand pollinate zucchini and squash flowers to prevent end rot and increase yields!
