The Complete Guide to Planting Blueberry Bushes + Instantly …
Jun 13, 2024 · You can grow blueberries pretty much anywhere in the United States – from zone 2 to 10. (Yay!) Like most things, if you live in either end of those growing zones, you’ll want to look for berries that are rated specifically for your area.
33 Uses For Beeswax That Go Beyond Candle Making - Rural Sprout
Jul 23, 2020 · The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about beeswax (outside of aromatic candles) is beeswax wraps. You can buy them online or make them on your own. One thing is for sure, using beeswax wraps will greatly cut down on your use of cling film and aluminum foil, helping you to become a zero-waste, or low-waste, household.
30 Edible Flowers You Can Eat Right Out Of Your Garden - Rural …
Jan 24, 2020 · Borage’s pretty blue flowers have a cucumber like taste. They are wonderful for use in summer drinks, and in a range of salads or other recipes. One cool idea is to freeze borage flowers into ice cubes that can be slipped into your summer drinks.
My Surprising Fertilizer For A Super Blooming Christmas Cactus …
Dec 12, 2023 · Lucky for you, I’ve found the perfect fertilizer for Christmas cactuses. After years of trying different fertilizers formulated for houseplants, mostly choosing what happened to be in stock at the garden center each time I ran out, I stumbled across a great fertilizing solution for my Christmas cactus quite by accident.
How to Keep A Poinsettia Alive For Years & Turn It Red Again
Dec 7, 2021 · If you look in the center of a bract cluster on a poinsettia, you’ll find the actual yellow and red flowers. And they’re tiny! The brightly colored bracts help to attract pollinators to the little flowers.
How To Grow & Use Lovage: 12 Recipes You've Got To Try - Rural …
Mar 8, 2021 · Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a hardy perennial herb native to the Mediterranean.As part of the Apiacaea family, it is closely related to carrot, celery, and parsley. This culinary and medicinal herb was once a common sight in ancient and medieval kitchens and gardens, used in its entirety for its leaves, roots, stems, and seeds.
40 Nitrogen Fixing Plants To Grow In Your Garden - Rural Sprout
May 29, 2020 · There are also non-leguminous nitrogen fixing plants. In temperate climates, the most important of these are actinorhizal plants, which can form nitrogen fixing nodules thanks to a symbiotic relationship with Frankia bacteria.
20 Vegetables You Can Re-Grow From Scraps - Rural Sprout
Nov 14, 2019 · You may be surprised to learn that there are many common vegetables that you grow can re-grow from scraps. This can be a great money saver, both when it comes to starting a new vegetable plot, and when it comes to your existing food growing efforts.
4 Ingredient DIY Suet Cakes Backyard Birds Will Love - Rural Sprout
Jan 3, 2023 · Suet feeders allow birds access to quality high-fat foods, such as lard, tallow (birds easily digest animal fats) or nut butters. (Check out Cherly’s excellent tutorial on how to render tallow.)Access to high-energy foods is especially important in the cold months when other natural food resources are scarce.
7 Reasons To Grow Sphagnum Moss & How To Grow It - Rural …
Nov 24, 2021 · Living or dead, sphagnum moss has the incredible ability to hold 16 to 26 times its dry weight in water. But purchasing dried or milled sphagnum moss by the bag isn’t exactly sustainable since it’s often a by-product of peatlands mining.