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How to Make Lavender Sugar Scrub

How to Make Lavender Sugar Scrub

Learn how to make fragrant lavender bath salts using dried lavender and a few simple ingredients. This easy homemade project is a beautiful way to connect DIY beauty with cottage gardens and simple garden living.

DIY Lavender Bath Salts from the Garden

Learn how to make simple lavender bundles from your garden with just a few supplies. This easy project is a beautiful way to preserve your harvest and enjoy your cottage garden flowers throughout the year.

How to Bundle Lavender for Drying

Learn how to properly store dried lavender so it stays fragrant and ready to use throughout the year. These simple tips are perfect for anyone who loves cottage garden flowers, homemade projects, and simple living.

The Best Way to Store Dried Lavender

Easy Apple Cinnamon Muffins for Fall

Easy Apple Cinnamon Muffins for Fall

This easy pumpkin coffeecake is topped with a buttery pecan streusel and sweet glaze. A cozy fall recipe that's perfect for breakfast, brunch, or an afternoon cup of coffee and fits right into simple homemade living.

The Best Pumpkin Coffeecake for Cozy Fall Mornings

Easy Make-Ahead Pumpkin Overnight Oats

Easy Make-Ahead Pumpkin Overnight Oats

Learn how to care for hydrangeas as the seasons change and get your garden ready for winter. Hydrangeas are beautiful cottage garden flowers and a favorite for simple garden living, with a few easy fall tasks that can help keep them looking their best.

Should You Cut Back Hydrangeas in the Fall?

Homemade Pumpkin Pancakes for Fall

Homemade Pumpkin Pancakes for Fall

Easy Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls for Fall

Easy Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls for Fall

Have more tomatoes than you know what to do with? Learn how to freeze stewed tomatoes so you can enjoy your garden harvest later. A simple way to preserve tomatoes for soups, stews, chili, pasta sauce, casseroles, and easy weeknight meals.

Easy Way to Preserve Stewed Tomatoes

Wondering when rose hips are ready to harvest? Learn what to look for and how to harvest them from your rose bushes. Then turn your harvest into rosehip tea, jam, jelly, syrup, and other delicious homemade creations.

How to Grow and Harvest Rose Hips

Homemade Chicken Broth Canning Recipe

Homemade Chicken Broth Canning Recipe

Learn how to make homemade cherry pie filling and preserve it for your pantry! This easy canning recipe is perfect for making cherry pies, cobblers, crisps, turnovers, and other homemade desserts whenever you have a craving.

Homemade Cherry Pie Filling for Canning

Make your own elderberry syrup at home using fresh elderberries and simple ingredients. This old-fashioned preserving project fits beautifully into kitchen garden living and from scratch living, especially when you're trying to make, grow, and preserve more of what you use at home.

Homemade Elderberry Syrup for Canning

Preserve fresh plums with this easy homemade plum jam recipe. Use your canned plum jam for toast and breakfast biscuits, thumbprint cookies, hand pies, cakes, oatmeal, and yogurt. It's also delicious paired with cheese for an easy appetizer or snack.

Easy Plum Jam Recipe for Canning

5 Mistakes to Avoid When Growing Bee Balm

5 Mistakes to Avoid When Growing Bee Balm

Chives are one of the easiest herbs to grow and come back year after year. Learn where to plant them, how to harvest them, and how to use fresh chives in your kitchen. Perfect for kitchen garden living and anyone who loves herb gardening.

How to Grow Chives for Fresh Kitchen Herbs

How to Grow Asters to Attract More Butterflies

How to Grow Asters to Attract More Butterflies

Why Creeping Phlox Is Perfect for Butterfly Gardens

Why Creeping Phlox Is Perfect for Butterfly Gardens

This easy infused vinegar is a beautiful way to add homemade flavor to everyday meals. Make a bottle for your homemade pantry and try other favorites like Basil Vinegar, Rosemary Vinegar, Tarragon Vinegar, and Rosemary Olive Oil.

Homemade Lemon Rosemary Vinegar

Make this bright and flavorful Lemon Dill Herb Salt for your homemade pantry. It's delicious on fish, chicken, vegetables, potatoes, and eggs. If you love making your own seasonings, also try Mediterranean Herb Salt, Garlic Rosemary Herb Salt, and Italian Herb Salt.

DIY Lemon Dill Seasoning Salt

Turn fresh lavender from your garden into pretty woven lavender wands! This easy tutorial walks you through harvesting, folding, and weaving the stems with ribbon. Perfect for garden crafts, homemade gifts, and simple homemade living.

DIY Lavender Wands

Have extra dried lavender? Make this easy DIY lavender potpourri! It's a beautiful way to preserve your garden harvest and create a natural fragrance for your home using lavender, roses, citrus peel, rosemary, mint, and cinnamon.

How to Make Lavender Potpourri

Want to preserve your lavender harvest? This simple tutorial walks you through how to press fresh lavender while keeping its beautiful color and delicate shape. Perfect for cottage garden crafts, botanical art, handmade cards, and keepsakes.

How to Press Lavender

English vs. French Lavender: What's the Difference?

English vs. French Lavender: What’s the Difference?

Turn fresh rosemary into a flavorful homemade oil that's perfect for cooking, drizzling, marinades, and dipping. This easy recipe also makes a beautiful homemade gift when packaged in a pretty bottle. A lovely idea for gift giving, simple homemade living, and homemade pantry projects.

Easy Rosemary Olive Oil from the Garden

Learn how to infuse fresh basil into vinegar for a flavorful pantry staple you can use all year. This easy project is perfect for simple homemade living, building a well-stocked homemade pantry, and making thoughtful handmade gifts for gift giving.

Homemade Basil Vinegar for Gifts & Everyday Cooking

How to Harvest Basil for Fresh Use, Tea & More

How to Harvest Basil for Fresh Use, Tea & More

Make this easy lemon rosemary herb salt with fresh rosemary, lemon zest, and coarse sea salt. It's a simple way to preserve garden herbs and add bright, savory flavor to potatoes, chicken, fish, vegetables, homemade bread, and more. Perfect for your homemade pantry!

Homemade Lemon Rosemary Salt

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