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Many wild flowers have powerful medicinal properties. For thousands of years they have been used successfully not just to increase wellbeing, but to treat most
One of the most enjoyable ways to make one’s garden more nature-friendly is to grow wild flowers that support bees and butterflies. Such flowers can
There are a several simple steps you can take to make your vegetable garden bee friendly: 1. Do not use insecticides, herbicides and fungicides that
If you would like to rewild your garden or simply make it more nature friendly, you may decide to grow some wild flowers. But which
The cherry blossom festival has been an important part of the Japanese culture for centuries, but it has also captured the imagination of many outside
Shampoo is a modern invention and is certainly not indispensable. In the past men and women used what we now call shampoo alternatives, and judging
For centuries edible flowers have been part of traditional cuisine of different nations. Floral waters, essences, wine, sorbet and ice-cream, gelees and jams, and crystalized
Soil pH influences plants’ access to nutrients and therefore affects all aspects of their development. Wrong soil pH is one of the most common reasons
Les Crowder and Heather Harrell, Top-Bar Beekeeping: Organic Practices for Honeybee Health (Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2012) is the best and the most detailed introduction
Late frosts can damage fruit trees and other plants. It is shocking that a single night of frost can wipe out the entire harvest of
