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- TWEET TREATS
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- GARDEN UPDATE
- THE HERBAL PRIMER DAY FOUR~CREATIVE USES FOR HERBS
- FAUNA
- GARDEN GIGGLE
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JUST BLOOMED TODAY
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AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY
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TWEET TREATS
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DID YOU KNOW...?
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there is a moth called the poodle moth?
GARDEN UPDATE
It is supposed to be record breaking heat WITH humidity the rest of the week. I was watering at 9:30am and it was 100F already. Doesn't do any good to water at night, it has all evaporated by the time the sun is up. Surprisingly, everything looks healthy and happy, except the annuals who are at the end of their life and can't handle the extremes. It's just me who's wilting...LOL.
THE HERBAL PRIMER DAY FOUR ~CREATIVE USES FOR HERBS
We have seen that herbs are wonderful for alternative medicinal uses, fantastic for recipes and can be used and grown easily. What else can you do with herbs?
WREATHS AND CENTERPIECES: Fragrant herbs make a wonderful entrance to your home or office, or grace your family table. Some great fragrant herbs are lavendar, rosemary, santolina (which is a pretty dullish-gray green color) and scented geraniums, which can be found in a host of scents.
Dry your herbs by air drying, using silica gel or drying in a microwave, and use them in floral displays.
DYES: Herbs provide color that can be used as dye. You can dye cotton, wool, silk, linen, but not polyester, spandex or nylon. You can dye the threads or fiber or finished fabric. To achieve colors (these are just a small sampling of the herbs you can use and the colors they achieve):
blacks, use black walnut or yarrow
blues, indigo, oregon grape(fruit)
browns, comfrey (leaves),fennel (flowers, leaves)
golds,amaranth,safflower (flowers)
grays, raspberry,sunflower
greens,bayberry,foxglove (flowers)(be careful as this herb is what they make digitalis from. Some people are sensitive to even touching the leaves and can get heart palpitations.)
oranges, sunflower,chicory
pinks,sorrel, bloodroot(roots)
purples,blackberry,grapes.(fruit)
reds,dandelion(flowers),hops(fruit)
rusts,safflower, pokeweed(fruit)
tans,onion,black tea
yellows,dandelion,tansy(young leaves)
CREAMS, LOTIONS AND BALMS: Herbs, especially the medicinal and aromatic ones, make wonderful creams, lotions and balms.You can use the creams in facials or as soothing relief from sunburn and minor skin irritations. Herbal vinegars can be used to soften the skin and tighten skin pores.
HAIR RINSES: Utilizing the best known herbs, rosemary, sage and chamomile, you can concoct a hair rinse that will leave your hair shiny or lighten it. For brunettes, use rosemary or sage. Pour into the herb rinse into a bowl so you can rinse several times with it. For lighter hair colors, use chamomile. You can use it as a rinse or add it to your shampoo.
Make the rinse by boiling your herbs in water for 5-20 minutes, then strain out plant matter.
SACHETS AND POTPOURRI: Nothing is as wonderful as opening up a drawer and breathing in the scent of lavendar or herbs. Sachets are easy to make and can be tucked in a lingerie drawer, in with stored blankets and sheets, or with stored clothing. You can use cheesecloth or netting and put in your combination of fragrant herbs, such as lavendar and rosemary, sage for a masculine pine scent, dried orange peel and anise for an orange and licorice effect, the possibilities are endless.Tie with a pretty satin ribbon to close.
You can make a room smell wonderful and homey by leaving out dishes or bowls of potpourri. Rejuvenate your potpourri by switching out the old matter with new potpourri. In the meantime, put the old potpourri in a tupperware container with a closely fitting lid. Refresh with herbal or aromatic oils and leave tightly closed for about a week. You can use potpourri over and over again with this method.
These are just a few creative ideas to get you started working and enjoying herbs!
GARDEN GIGGLE
It is supposed to be record breaking heat WITH humidity the rest of the week. I was watering at 9:30am and it was 100F already. Doesn't do any good to water at night, it has all evaporated by the time the sun is up. Surprisingly, everything looks healthy and happy, except the annuals who are at the end of their life and can't handle the extremes. It's just me who's wilting...LOL.
THE HERBAL PRIMER DAY FOUR ~CREATIVE USES FOR HERBS
We have seen that herbs are wonderful for alternative medicinal uses, fantastic for recipes and can be used and grown easily. What else can you do with herbs?
WREATHS AND CENTERPIECES: Fragrant herbs make a wonderful entrance to your home or office, or grace your family table. Some great fragrant herbs are lavendar, rosemary, santolina (which is a pretty dullish-gray green color) and scented geraniums, which can be found in a host of scents.
Dry your herbs by air drying, using silica gel or drying in a microwave, and use them in floral displays.
DYES: Herbs provide color that can be used as dye. You can dye cotton, wool, silk, linen, but not polyester, spandex or nylon. You can dye the threads or fiber or finished fabric. To achieve colors (these are just a small sampling of the herbs you can use and the colors they achieve):
blacks, use black walnut or yarrow
blues, indigo, oregon grape(fruit)
browns, comfrey (leaves),fennel (flowers, leaves)
golds,amaranth,safflower (flowers)
grays, raspberry,sunflower
greens,bayberry,foxglove (flowers)(be careful as this herb is what they make digitalis from. Some people are sensitive to even touching the leaves and can get heart palpitations.)
oranges, sunflower,chicory
pinks,sorrel, bloodroot(roots)
purples,blackberry,grapes.(fruit)
reds,dandelion(flowers),hops(fruit)
rusts,safflower, pokeweed(fruit)
tans,onion,black tea
yellows,dandelion,tansy(young leaves)
CREAMS, LOTIONS AND BALMS: Herbs, especially the medicinal and aromatic ones, make wonderful creams, lotions and balms.You can use the creams in facials or as soothing relief from sunburn and minor skin irritations. Herbal vinegars can be used to soften the skin and tighten skin pores.
HAIR RINSES: Utilizing the best known herbs, rosemary, sage and chamomile, you can concoct a hair rinse that will leave your hair shiny or lighten it. For brunettes, use rosemary or sage. Pour into the herb rinse into a bowl so you can rinse several times with it. For lighter hair colors, use chamomile. You can use it as a rinse or add it to your shampoo.
Make the rinse by boiling your herbs in water for 5-20 minutes, then strain out plant matter.
SACHETS AND POTPOURRI: Nothing is as wonderful as opening up a drawer and breathing in the scent of lavendar or herbs. Sachets are easy to make and can be tucked in a lingerie drawer, in with stored blankets and sheets, or with stored clothing. You can use cheesecloth or netting and put in your combination of fragrant herbs, such as lavendar and rosemary, sage for a masculine pine scent, dried orange peel and anise for an orange and licorice effect, the possibilities are endless.Tie with a pretty satin ribbon to close.
You can make a room smell wonderful and homey by leaving out dishes or bowls of potpourri. Rejuvenate your potpourri by switching out the old matter with new potpourri. In the meantime, put the old potpourri in a tupperware container with a closely fitting lid. Refresh with herbal or aromatic oils and leave tightly closed for about a week. You can use potpourri over and over again with this method.
These are just a few creative ideas to get you started working and enjoying herbs!
GARDEN GIGGLE
Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?
FAUNA
On today in American history, people in gardens everywhere were talking about:
1854 Henry David Thoreau publishes WALDEN, about his experiences living at Walden Pond
1936 To the dismay of the Berlin hosts, African-American Jesse Owens wins his 4th gold medal at the Olympics
1945 Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki
1969 Manson cult slaughters 5 people in the Tate-LaBianca murders
1974 After Nixon resigns and VP Agnew leaves in disgrace, Gerald Ford takes Presidency
1988 The Great One, Wayne Gretsky is traded to the LA Kings
1995 Rocker Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead dies at age 53
2010 JetBlue flight attendant quits job via airplane slide
2012 Record heat hits the Western states
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