Category: Gardening tips

How to Make Citronella Candles

How to Make Citronella Candles Essential oils are a long-used solution for invading insects. Eucalyptus wards off ticks. Ants hate peppermint oil and patchouli keeps fleas at bay. Perhaps best known, citronella oil, extracted from a grass related to lemongrass, is very good at keeping mosquitoes away. It is a common ingredient in bug sprays …

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Homesteading with Small Children

Homesteading with Small Children Living on a homestead is all about life skills so try to involve children in everything. From growing vegetables in the garden to building a new chicken coop.  Even though they are young, children can do a lot on their own when guided. Children can adapt and participate in a homestead …

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DIY Cottage Chic Herb Garden With Mason Jars

DIY Cottage Chic Herb Garden With Mason Jars Wouldn’t it be fantastic to have an indoor herb garden you could just go to in your kitchen? The Mason jar indoor garden is ideal for herb gardens, and a great for people who might not have space for an outdoor garden of their own! With the right …

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HOW TO SET UP AN HYDROPONIC GARDEN

HOW TO SET UP AN HYDROPONIC GARDEN Hydroponics is proved to have several advantages over soil gardening. The growth rate on a hydroponic plant is 30-50 percent faster than a soil plant, grown under the same conditions. The yield of the plant is also greater! Hydroponic gardening uses no soil; rather, plant roots are suspended …

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Pallet Project: DIY Rustic Trugs

Pallet Project: DIY Rustic Trugs We are over at lovelygreens.com again, I just can’t get enough! This lady is amazing and I’d love to be this creative! With this post you get a step by step guide and a video! Couldn’t ask for much more really. This is such a great idea, but its also …

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