Sage… great for your garden and wonderful for your health!

To enhance relaxation and mental well-being, sage leaves can be bound and burned as incense.

Ancient Egyptian women drank sage tea as an aid to fertility. In ancient Greece it was used for healing and as an anti-bacterial agent. Those anti-bacterial properties have made it a personal deodorant in some cultures. And, of course, it’s widely used in cooking! So easy to grow and so beneficial! You can grow sage […]

Cheap Burlap Bag Shaped Concrete Planters: 10-Step Guide

Every now and then, it’s nice to come up with something to add an element of interest to a space. Gardens, for example, are wonderful places to put up quirky, exciting pieces. Whether you decide to choose a piece of furniture, a water feature, or trinkets, even the little things go a long way. I […]

Decorative Gourd Planter: Affordable 8-Step Project

Who would have ever thought that gourds have other uses than just being a ‘plant’? Of course, we have heard about other fruits being used for something else – like the lemon peel used as an air freshener but, gourds? Really? How? My mother-in-law loves gardening and she introduced this project to me. At first, […]

Luscious Lavender

Honey made from lavender is very highly regarded.

by David Wilks  –  an ambitious, amateur gardener from a long line of ambitious, amateur gardeners! I have always found it very difficult to walk past a lavender bush without running my hands through the foliage. The oils are so pungent that I can smell them on my hands for the rest of the day. […]