How to Make Organic Soap Using Soapwort

There are a number of great concoctions for using soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), and you can find many recipes on the web. When I was in college, my Godmother shared her recipe with me. She lived in California and kept lots of herbs on her property....

READ MORE - How to Make Organic Soap Using Soapwort

Growing Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)

Growing soapwort may be a very nice way for you to incorporate some eco-friendly cleaning practices into your household chores while inviting an attractive and low-maintenance plant to your herb patch. When you press this useful herb into service as...

READ MORE - Growing Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)

Top 10 Most Overlooked Herbs

Every season I take an inventory of the herb plants I want to try cultivating. This usually involves a walk around the garden to see which plants managed to overwintered well, and also an inventory of indoor refugees from last year that managed to survive...

READ MORE - Top 10 Most Overlooked Herbs

What Soil Do I Need for Herbs?

This is one question that comes up again and again with beginning herb gardeners. It's a great question too. There's nothing like getting started on the right foot -- and with gardening, soil is important.The great thing about most herbs is that poor...

READ MORE - What Soil Do I Need for Herbs?

Using Herbs in Your Flower Arrangements

When you grow herbs, it's easy to find ways to use them around the house. Besides cooking, crafting and the occasional home remedy, herbs make great décor items.One of my favorite ways to use and display herbs is in decorative vases with whatever flowers...

READ MORE - Using Herbs in Your Flower Arrangements

Make Lavender Liquid Hand Soap

This season I'd like to add occasional tips about using herbs to make common household chores and activities more pleasant, eco-friendly or inexpensive. Over the years, I've tried lots of ways to incorporate herbs into my daily life. Some have worked...

READ MORE - Make Lavender Liquid Hand Soap

How to Make a Rain Barrel for Your Herb Garden

Making a rain barrel can help you spare the environment and provide a refreshing drink for the plants in your herb garden without it costing you an arm and a leg. Harvesting rainwater is like getting free water. All you have to do is come up with a...

READ MORE - How to Make a Rain Barrel for Your Herb Garden

Straw Bale Gardening With Herbs

If you want a nice raised bed but don't have the time, resources or energy to invest in cultivating it, there may be a fast, fun solution that can help. If you're having back problems that are keeping you from enjoying your garden plot, then getting...

READ MORE - Straw Bale Gardening With Herbs