One of my favorite and a simple ways to use fresh chives is to make chive blossom compound butter. I grow common chives with delicate purple blossoms, but yours may be white, pink or even crimson. Any variety can be used for this recipe. Compound butter can be used to add a delicate buttery onion flavor and splash of color to fresh-baked bread, savory biscuits...
Chives are always among the first spikes of green to peek through the soil in my garden. It’s such a treat to see them because it means longer, warmer days are just around the bend. With these recipes, you can choose if you’d like a bold or delicate base flavor of vinegar.
In my first chive journal article, I shared all the benefits and uses for chive, along with tips for growing, caring for, harvesting and preserving chives. In this article, I'm excited to share two ways I've made chive finishing salts.
Thursday, April 20, 2023, marks the beginning of May’s full moon lunar cycle, the Flower Moon, which reaches its peak on Friday, May 5, 2023. It was named by the Ojibwe tribes of the Great Lakes for its timing, rising when flowers are beginning to bloom and blossom across the Northern Hemisphere. The Flower Moon is considered a sign of health and rejuvenation because many medicinal herbs grow during this time too.
I created The Meaningful Mother’s Day Planter and accompanying tutorial as a tribute to all those who fill a motherhood role as well as to you, who feel called to give something meaningful to a mother or mother figure. As the creator of this planter, you will customize it to create a seasonal gift, inspired by the mother or mother figure in your life, that is overflowing with sentiment and usefulness.
Wittingly named by my Jeopardy-loving husband after the category “Potent Potables” on the show, this pot is the perfect hostess gift! A classic planter is filled with starter herbs that can be used to infuse, muddle, shake and garnish your favorite cocktails, lemonades, and other botanical drinks.
But how did my garden transform from a plot of wooden beds to a tranquil backyard sanctuary? I’ve laid it all out below, and many of these same concepts can be applied to any outdoor space including back patios and apartment balconies.
Foliage truly anchors an arrangement. It draws all the elements together, frames your focal flowers, fills in the gaps, hides mechanics, and often provides flutter AND fragrance all in one stem. Better yet, when you use culinary herbs as your foliage, you gift yourself (or the lucky recipient) something that’s not only beautiful but useful too. Here are my favorite culinary herbs to use as foliage:
In my garden, I snip with abandon. And when my friends visit, I encourage them to do the same. It is a cutting garden, after all. Everything is grown to be anticipated, admired, photographed, harvested and appreciated elsewhere. To be given a job far more important than adorning my garden; to adorn my home or the home of someone I care about. With this in mind, I recently compiled an at-a-glance list of the vase life ranges for all the botanicals I grow specifically for use in floral arrangements and bouquets.
Whether you are an experienced floral designer or just experimenting with floral arrangements at home, flower frogs are a fantastic tool to have on-hand. So, what is a floral frog?
This mood-lifting herbal shower bundle is a beautiful fragrant addition to any bathroom. They provide a rejuvenating aromatherapy experience each time you bathe or shower, improve the air quality of your bathroom space, and absorb extra moisture in the air.
Like many of you, my love affair with gardening began as a child. I have fond memories of my grandma walking me around her backyard, with my skinned knees and pigtails, showing me how beautiful it was to grow things. Since then, I’d always dreamed of a big garden. One with a maze of raised beds and archways, trellises and arbors, and gravel paths wide enough to pull a wagon for hauling bountiful harvests. A place to retreat to when I need a moment of solace. It would be the garden I would cherish the rest of my days.
One of my favorite and a simple ways to use fresh chives is to make chive blossom compound butter. I grow common chives with delicate purple blossoms, but yours may be white, pink or even crimson. Any variety can be used for this recipe. Compound butter can be used to add a delicate buttery onion flavor and splash of color to fresh-baked bread, savory biscuits...
Chives are always among the first spikes of green to peek through the soil in my garden. It’s such a treat to see them because it means longer, warmer days are just around the bend. With these recipes, you can choose if you’d like a bold or delicate base flavor of vinegar.
In my first chive journal article, I shared all the benefits and uses for chive, along with tips for growing, caring for, harvesting and preserving chives. In this article, I'm excited to share two ways I've made chive finishing salts.
Thursday, April 20, 2023, marks the beginning of May’s full moon lunar cycle, the Flower Moon, which reaches its peak on Friday, May 5, 2023. It was named by the Ojibwe tribes of the Great Lakes for its timing, rising when flowers are beginning to bloom and blossom across the Northern Hemisphere. The Flower Moon is considered a sign of health and rejuvenation because many medicinal herbs grow during this time too.
I created The Meaningful Mother’s Day Planter and accompanying tutorial as a tribute to all those who fill a motherhood role as well as to you, who feel called to give something meaningful to a mother or mother figure. As the creator of this planter, you will customize it to create a seasonal gift, inspired by the mother or mother figure in your life, that is overflowing with sentiment and usefulness.
Wittingly named by my Jeopardy-loving husband after the category “Potent Potables” on the show, this pot is the perfect hostess gift! A classic planter is filled with starter herbs that can be used to infuse, muddle, shake and garnish your favorite cocktails, lemonades, and other botanical drinks.
But how did my garden transform from a plot of wooden beds to a tranquil backyard sanctuary? I’ve laid it all out below, and many of these same concepts can be applied to any outdoor space including back patios and apartment balconies.
Foliage truly anchors an arrangement. It draws all the elements together, frames your focal flowers, fills in the gaps, hides mechanics, and often provides flutter AND fragrance all in one stem. Better yet, when you use culinary herbs as your foliage, you gift yourself (or the lucky recipient) something that’s not only beautiful but useful too. Here are my favorite culinary herbs to use as foliage:
In my garden, I snip with abandon. And when my friends visit, I encourage them to do the same. It is a cutting garden, after all. Everything is grown to be anticipated, admired, photographed, harvested and appreciated elsewhere. To be given a job far more important than adorning my garden; to adorn my home or the home of someone I care about. With this in mind, I recently compiled an at-a-glance list of the vase life ranges for all the botanicals I grow specifically for use in floral arrangements and bouquets.
Whether you are an experienced floral designer or just experimenting with floral arrangements at home, flower frogs are a fantastic tool to have on-hand. So, what is a floral frog?
This mood-lifting herbal shower bundle is a beautiful fragrant addition to any bathroom. They provide a rejuvenating aromatherapy experience each time you bathe or shower, improve the air quality of your bathroom space, and absorb extra moisture in the air.
Like many of you, my love affair with gardening began as a child. I have fond memories of my grandma walking me around her backyard, with my skinned knees and pigtails, showing me how beautiful it was to grow things. Since then, I’d always dreamed of a big garden. One with a maze of raised beds and archways, trellises and arbors, and gravel paths wide enough to pull a wagon for hauling bountiful harvests. A place to retreat to when I need a moment of solace. It would be the garden I would cherish the rest of my days.
