Over the past few weeks (months?), I’ve read so many fascinating plant-related articles and posts on the ‘net, I thought I’d collect a few together to share! Hope you enjoy these Flowery Blurbs!
- Have you ever thought about growing rhubarb not just for food, but as an ornamental? Here’s why you should and how to do it!
- Problems with ants? (Ugh, don’t we all!). This is an old solution that seems to actually work.
- Want to make your own potting soil mixes? Here are some great recipes!
- Do you still have a surplus of radishes in your garden? Why not pickle them?
- The elders are still blooming here in Calgary so we can still make this recipe for sweet elderflower sugar. Or maybe elderflower cordial, instead!
- It’s seed-saving time! Here’s the proper way to extract, clean, and dry tomato seeds!
- Bugged by mosquitoes? (Aren’t they the national insect of Canada? Okay, perhaps it just seems that way!). 😉 Maybe these plants can help ward them off.
- Here’s a great post with tips to fend off pesky deer – there are detailed plant lists as well!
- If you’re interested in growing basil from cuttings, here’s how! I’m definitely going to try this out!
- I saw this pest in action this year: watch out for the columbine sawfly! Here’s some information about this highly destructive critter.
- If you have mint, you have eco-friendly carpet freshener.
- Here’s a great summary of some wonderful edible flowers you might be growing in your garden!
Please share any other interesting gardening articles, tips and suggestions you’ve read about lately! 🙂
Related articles
- Seed-Saving the Easy Way… (permaculturecottage.wordpress.com)
- 11 Easy to Save Flower Seeds (treehugger.com)
- Radish – From Seed to Plate (hopegardens.wordpress.com)
- Make your own: Rhubarb Fizz (notdabblinginnormal.wordpress.com)
- Flowery spotlight: Fireweed. (myfloweryprose.wordpress.com)
- Flowery blurbs, volume 13. (myfloweryprose.wordpress.com)
- 6 Mosquito-Repellent Plants With a Dual Purpose (wisebread.com)
- Seed Saving (bitethedirt.wordpress.com)
- Making Elderflower Cordial…Summer in a Bottle! (permaculturecottage.wordpress.com)
- Elderflower Cupcakes with Elderflower Buttercream (thepapercupkitchen.wordpress.com)
Flowery Prose 
Love it! What a wonderful post! I will take a look at these and can get to know new blogs. A really lovely idea – and thanks for the link! 😀
You’re welcome! Hope you enjoy the readings! Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂
Wow some great posts to peruse..thx!
Hope you enjoy reading them! Have a great weekend!
Thanks for the link to my post at Not Dabbling in Normal on making Rhubarb Fizz. I just made another batch and it is fantastic! What a great list you have hear. I will come back and work my way through it. Sincerely, Emily
You’re welcome! Your Rhubarb Fizz recipe sounds (and looks) absolutely delicious – I happen to have some rhubarb in the fridge right now and I’m thinking that would be a lovely way to use it! 🙂
Really liked the article on rhubarb.
It’s well-written and gives some great info! I’ve never thought of edible rhubarb as a “decorative” plant, but I’m slowly coming around!
Thank you for researching and sharing this great gardening info. I have always had a rhubarb in my garden because it is a great corner filler. I never cook it myself but i do bring it into work. I am going to try using borax and sugar to get rid of the ants in my garden.
I’m so glad you can use this information! I agree, rhubarb is a great filler plant. And I hope the Borax-sugar solution works for your ants; it’s supposed to be very effective.