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Dandelions are edible, from flower to root, and have a delicate, slightly bitter flavor. If your culinary curiosity kicks in, you might want to try some dandelion greens in your next salad. Likely to the amazement of lawn-lovers, some people actually cultivate dandelions for harvest. If you...
Also, at the end of the season, after you harvest your veggies, plant cover crops like wheat, clover, and barley. They are beneficial plants that give back to the soil but keep weeds from growing and soil erosion from occurring. In some situations, you can use a cover crop in the shou...
Plantain Oil– Like dandelions, plantain grows in the wild just about everywhere and iseasy to identify and harvest. This nourishing oil is helpful for bee stings, sunburn, poison ivy, eczema flares, diaper rash and more. Arnica OIl & Cream– Arnica has been traditionally used by Swiss mounta...
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Harvest your herbs before they flower. They may turn bitter or lose flavor if you wait too long. Cut your herbs mid-morning. You want to make sure the morning dew has dried from the leaves. The best way to dry herbs is to air dry them. By using this slow method, you keep the oil...
How to Use Black Plastic to Kill Weeds Mow the area so that the weeds and plants are low to the ground. You can leave the grass and weeds in place as long as there are no seedheads or flowers, like dandelions. Remove any visible perennial weeds that you can spot by pulling them up...
To grow enough potatoes for a whole year, you will need to plant roughly 15 to 20 potato plants per person. Plant early-, mid- and late-season varieties of potato in different areas of the garden, so you can harvest a nice mix of storage, roasting and salad potatoes all season long!
Notes: Angelica root is widely used in gins, vermouths and other aromatic drinks for its rounded harmonic effect on other flavours, and for adding complex back-notes. It is a very common plant in much of the UK, but if you do harvest its root, please do soconsideratelyandlegally!