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10 Plants That Repel Bugs Naturally
Add to Favorites Originally published in Countryside May / June 2017. Subscribe for the full digital issue! I have learned a lot through the years about plants that repel bugs naturally. …
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Coriander/Cilantro: Herb and Spice All in One
Tips for growing, harvesting, and cooking with coriander seeds and cilantro herb.
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How to Make Essential Oils at Home
Add to Favorites Have you ever wondered how to make essential oils from your own plants? With new research into the therapeutic and medicinal benefits of aromatherapy, knowing how to …
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Rosemary Benefits: Rosemary Isn’t Just For Remembrance
Add to Favorites By Millie Troth, Colorado Rosemary benefits go way beyond just the traditional “rosemary for remembrance.” Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like …
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A Complete Essential Oils Guide
Add to Favorites By Millie Troth – Over the years I have submitted various articles on finding and how to use the best essential oils. Each time I do I receive numerous …
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The Many Uses of the Chicory Plant
Add to Favorites It’s getting to be that time of year when wildflowers appear a-plenty along roadsides everywhere. As I drive along, I like seeing the colors appear and trying …
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How I Learned to Care for the Lavender Plant
The lavender plant is a very hardy perennial and once established, it will live without much care for five to 10 years.
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From Fresh Herbs to Dried Teas
Add to Favorites By Shirley Benson, Wisconsin – Going from fresh herbs to dried herbal teas is a wonderful, inexpensive way to cure many of your daily aches and pains, …
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Garden Herbs List: No Salt? No Sugar? No Sweat!
Add to Favorites By Gail Reynolds – Let’s face it, having to reduce or eliminate salt or sugar from our daily diets can be a tough morsel to swallow. Whether we’re …
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A Guide to Diatomaceous Earth Uses
Add to Favorites By Ken Scharabok – Diatomaceous Earth uses vary, but generally, DE can be safely fed to animals or used as a dust or spray for parasite control. …
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DIY Baking Soda Toothpaste Recipe
Add to Favorites Several years ago we removed toxins, chemicals, GMOs and processed foods from our home. Finding replacements for health and beauty products, like a homemade baking soda toothpaste …
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A Hand Spinner’s Primer Using Suffolk Sheep Wool
Add to Favorites By Leigh Dudenhoeffer – I’m a fiber artist who is educated in almost all of the needle arts. I’ve been spinning wool since I was about 10 …
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Making Natural Clothing Dye From Vegetables
Add to Favorites My mother was always fascinated with using vegetables for natural clothing dye, and some of that interest must have rubbed off on me. While she was primarily …
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What Needle Felting Supplies Do You Use for Sculpting?
Add to Favorites Get ready to grab some needle felting supplies. Needle felting is a way to make soft sculptured dolls and animals. The steps are easy. There are many different ways …
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Extract Natural Dye for Wool from Goldenrod Plants
Add to Favorites By Christine Lundsten McKahan – Five years ago, as my husband and I wandered around our two acres of newly purchased homesteading land, surrounded by rolling hills, grazing …
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