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How to Grow Calendula - A Plant Profile
Long-prized for herb gardens and flower gardens alike, the pot marigold has many uses. A hardy, sun-loving annual flower that provides months of color.
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Cool-Season Cut Flower Annuals
Add a few cool-season annuals to your garden for color during off seasons. See five of the best cool weather annual cut flower plants.
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Calendula Colorful Annual Flower
A colorful, hardy annual, Calendula is used as saffron in cooking. This sunny flower has healing antiseptic properties. It is used for decorating Hindu temples.
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Marigolds: History and Culture
An easy to grow plant that provides nearly instant color is what you get when you plant marigolds. Here is a look at the history and culture of this hardy and cheerful an
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Birth Flower for October
The language, legends and history for the calendula; the flower for those born in the month of October.
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What is an Herb Flower for Butterfly Gardens?
The calendula, commonly pot marigold, is an herb flower planted in kitchen gardens. Visitors to butterfly, cutting or scented gardens will enjoy these fragrant flowers.
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The Medicinal Uses of Marigold Flowers
Marigold is an ancient, medicinal herb with many medicinal properties and uses; it is a brightly colored Summer flower, also known as Calendula.
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New Herbs for 2005
For hard-core gardeners, this is by no means too early to begin planning for the coming season. In 2005, you should see a number of excellent new varieties of herbs on the market.
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The Charm of Herbs
Herbs cast a spell upon gardeners, With their fragrance and texture, these are very worthwhile landscape plants. Here is the latest scoop on new varieties, books, and research on herbs.
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Cool Season and Cold Tolerant Annuals
Now we can plant cool season and cold tolerant flowering plants to reward ourselves for making it through another winter. Just don't forget that they were raised in greenhouses and need to be acclimated to the weather before you leave them on their own.
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Easy Garden Rainbows - Orange
A top ten list of easy to grow orange-flowered plants, and reasons why orange is such a hot colour in the garden.
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Goldenseal
Its really not a weed!
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Planting Fairy Gardens: Flowers, Plants and Herbs that are Said to Attract Fairies
There are many kinds of theme gardens. One that is gaining in popularity is the fairy garden.
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Rosemary - A medicinal, magickal plant
A favorite herb to grow, rosemary is known as an all-around stimulant that uplifts and revitalizes.
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Growing Herbs in Containers: Light, Life Cycles, & Propagation
Lists of herbs that can be grown in containers, with info about their light needs, life cycles, and best methods of propagation.
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Homeopathic First Aid for Cats
Homeopathic Remedies are completely safe and often very effective. An experienced cat owner looks at how they may be used as first aid for sick or injured cats.
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Herbal Soaps and Herbal Soapmaking
Different natural herbs lend different qualities to hand milled soaps. Learn how to make herbal beauty bars and specialty soaps for yourself and your friends and family.
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Annual Poppies as Landscape Focus
Seaside and sheltered landscape plantings and herb gardens present some down-to-earth examples for using annual poppies in natural appearing gardens.
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Valentine's Day Magical Plants
Learn about the old wives' tales and magical associations of certain herbs.
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Cool Season Containers
Cool season annual flowers bloom into late fall and earliest spring and sometimes flower all winter. Ideal in pots or planters by the door, walk or mailbox.
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Growing Herbs and Spices
Herbs are easy to plant, easy to grow, and respond well to benign neglect.
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Herb Glossary: Paprika to Rosemary
These plants have a myriad of medicinal, culinary and decorative uses, several of which are detailed here.
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Beef Up Your Borders
How to use short-term planting to fill out a newly planted border
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Fragrant Dishes for your Outdoor Dinner Party
Do you entertaining outdoors on a warm, summer evening, when the sweet fragrance of blossoms from my garden drift across the evening breeze? If so, make the evening unforgettable by adding blooms from your garden to your dishes.
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Herb Teas from My Garden
Herb teas are best if picked fresh from your garden rather than being bought dried and packaged. Many herb tea ingredients can be found in every garden. Experiment to determine your favorites.
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Plants For Summer Container Combinations
Here are some of my favorite annuals for summer - Check them out and recommend your favorites!
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Ready for Spring
If you've got a case of late winter gardener's and forager's blues, here are some projects and harvests to cure what ails you.
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Herbal Skin Care
Make your own skin care products from herbs and other natural ingredients.
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A Medicinal Herb Garden
A medicinal herb garden was a colonial home remedy necessity. Now, we grow them as much for beauty. Read about a cold remedy, sore throat, & acne remedy etc.
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Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Part 6
Continuing the Be Your Own Herbal Expert Series - here we explore fresh infused oils, ointments, salves and lip balms, essential oils and herbal pestos.
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Flowering Herbs for Flower Gardens
Many herbs have pretty flowers and should be grown in flower gardens. Many favorite flowers are also herbs. Do you grow these herbs in your flower garden?
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Good Companions
You know about basil and tomatoes and roses and garlic. But what about French beans and onions or lettuce and strawberries? Companion planting can provide larger, healthier plants and help avoid spraying.
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BASIC HERBAL TREATMENTS FOR HORSES
A good basic guide for using herbs when treating the horse.
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Fall Sowing of Seeds in the Flower Garden
Sowing seeds in fall is a good way to extend the growing season and begin next year's garden.
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Herbs and Healing
The use of herbs in healing, and some methods of preparation.
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Healing Dry Fall Skin
Essential oils can do wonders to prevent and heal dry skin conditions!
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Butterfly Gardens for Pollinators
Butterfly gardens are easy to grow and attract beneficial insects. Understanding these pollinators will help when creating a flower garden for butterflies.
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Carrier Oils are Essential
Unlike perfume, essential oils are highly concentrated substances that need to be diluted prior to application to the skin. Read this article to learn more.
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Earache Remedies
These earache home therapies may help ease the pain while awaiting your doctor's visit.
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Edible Flowers for Colorful Salads
Edible flowers are making a comeback in celebrity chefs' cookery books and in stylish restaurants. Salads are a wonderful way to enjoy the color and flavor of flowers.
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Help for Tired Eyes
Are people always telling you that you look tired even though you have had a full night of sleep? If yes, find out what you can do about it.
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Natural Cat Health Care
By request, this article is an abbreviated list of herbal and natural remedies for cat health care.
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October Romance Calendar
a month-full of Romance!
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Seeds for Desert Gardens II
External situations are extremely important when growing plants from seed.
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Slow down and do.
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Sneezes, Wheezes and Dribbles
Herbal Remedies for the Allergic Horse
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The Composite Family
The Composites have floral parts consisting of multiple tiny flowers--complete with minuscule pistil, stamens, petals, and sepals--merged into one head or disk.
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8 Steps for a Woman Dancing with Cancer
Susun Weed offers 8 tips on dealing with a diagnosis of breast cancer.
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Agricultural Use of Antibiotics Causes Risks for Humans -- Plus
Use of Antibiotics in livestock feed poses risks to humans but US federal agencies differ on the extent of the risk. Plus some home remedies to limit your own use of antibiotics.
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Annual Plants for Bringing Birds to the Garden
Some plants are known for their ability to attract songbirds to the garden. These annual plants are a must for a bird-friendly landscape.
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