Cedar House Farm
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10 Summer Tasks for Your Flower and Herb Garden
Being outdoors in my garden, surrounded by the botanicals I’ve chosen to grow balances my brain chemistry and has a beautiful way of pulling me away from the confines of modern technology and stresses of social media. Below are ten ways to be productive while spending time in your garden. -
Why Grow from Seed?
Why grow from seed? First and foremost, growing from seed gives you access to so many more varieties than what your local garden center offers, allowing you to create a garden unique to you.
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Jess's Top 10 Favorite Ways to Use Lemon Balm
I am a huge fan of lemon balm and am on a personal mission is to inspire everyone to grow and use it. A member of the Lamiaceae (mint) family, lemon balm has vibrant green heart-shaped leaves with toothed margins and a bright lemony scent and flavor. -
Lavender Lemon Balm Lemonade
This herbal twist on the classic is sure to hit the spot on these hot August days and is an excellent way to bring fresh lavender and lemon balm from your garden to your table. If you participated in the winter grow-along, you have plenty of lemon balm on-hand so let's get to it! Here’s how I make it: -
Spring Garden Tasks
Spring is for laying the foundation for a bountiful summer harvest. For sowing the seeds for a slower life. For taking time to appreciate all the waking days of spring has to offer. Lay the groundwork in your growing space with the following spring gardening tasks: -
Garden Journaling and a Holistic, Organic Pollinator Garden
Each year, I document in a garden journal all the details about what I grew, harvested, and enjoyed most. I write down my failures and well as my successes. What I fell in love with and want to grow more of, as well as what doesn’t make the cut for the next growing year or doesn’t grow well on our property’s unique microclimate. Garden journaling is a calming therapeutic process that I truly enjoy. -
Growing, Harvesting, and Preserving Calendula
Calendula (Calendula officinalis) is well-known and most widely used for its anti-inflammatory properties, helping sooth skin irritations and heal wounds. It is also a pain reducer. The beautiful colorful petals of calendula are not only edible, but rich in flavonoids. It is mild and safe to be used topically on children. -
Growing, Harvesting, and Preserving Bee Balm
A member of the mint family, with over 15 different species, bee balm has a long history of medicinal uses. It prevents infection by constraining the growth of infectious agents. It is also used as -
January is for Garden Dreaming
Have you been thinking about growing a garden this year? Whether you are starting small with a kitchen herb garden or jumping in with both feet and building the vegetable or flower garden of your dreams, the time to start planning is now. -
Cultivating Hearty and Robust Seedlings
There is a bit of a shift in momentum here in our growing space and grow-along project. For weeks we were busy gathering supplies, sowing, and watching for seedlings to emerge. Taking them off heat, setting up shop lights and nursing our tiny little sprouts into full-fledged seedlings with multiple sets of true leaves. But now, our seedlings are off heat, robust, and it's time to take a deep breath and relax. -
Five Medicinal Herbs to Grow from Seed
With all sorts of viruses knocking on our door, autumn is the perfect time to grow herbs that you can use to create remedies to help with the aches, pains and sleep deprivation associated with winter colds and flus. There are many herbal allies that are very helpful during this season. I chose these five because they not only support the body and strengthen the immune system, but this set can also provide an opportunity to nourish yourself both mentally and can be mood-lifting during these longer, darker days of winter. -
The Benefits of Lemon Balm
I am a huge fan of lemon balm and am on a personal mission is to inspire everyone to grow and use it. A member of the Lamiaceae (mint) family, lemon balm has vibrant green heart-shaped leaves with toothed margins and a bright lemony scent and flavor.
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