ByJen
Every spring my yard fills up with dandelions. For years I pulled them — now I make syrup. With just 3 ingredients and under an hour, you can turn those weeds into golden syrup.
ByJen
Yes, you can eat sunflower petals — they’re completely edible and safe for most people when they come from untreated plants.
ByJen
Make gorgeous cocoa butter soap two ways — easy melt-and-pour (no lye!) or cold process with full step-by-step instructions.
ByJen
Make homemade blueberry vinegar with just 3 ingredients in 7 days. Perfect for salad dressings, marinades, drinking shrubs, and gifting.
ByJen
Lilac season lasts about two weeks. Lilac enfleurage is how you keep it — a simple daily ritual that captures the true scent of living lilacs in a solid fat.
ByJen
Rose butter is a simple compound butter made with fresh rose petals from your garden. It takes ten minutes and looks like something from a fancy bakery.
ByJen
You’ve probably walked right past curly dock a hundred times. It grows along fence lines, at the edges of garden beds, in vacant lots — and it’s edible.
ByJen
If you’ve got a bottle of Bragg ACV sitting in your pantry, you might have wondered whether it’s actually good for your skin.
ByJen
I’ve been growing lavender in my garden for years, and every summer I end up with more than I know what to do with.
ByJen
Yes, sunflower petals are edible — raw, dried, or steeped into tea. Here’s what they taste like, which ones to avoid, and simple ways to use them from your garden.
