Gardening

If you’re a gardener who loves zinnias, you know how beautiful and vibrant these flowers can be. What you may not know is that you can save the seeds from your zinnias to plant again next year.   Saving seeds is an easy and cost-effective way to grow more of your favorite flowers without having…

If you have marigolds growing in your garden, you already have everything you need to grow more next year. Saving marigold seeds is one of the easiest ways to keep your favorite flowers coming back year after year. Instead of buying new packets of seeds every spring, you can collect seeds from the flowers you…

Calendula is one of those flowers that seems to keep giving. Once it starts blooming, you’ll often have more flowers than you know what to do with, which makes it perfect for drying and saving. Drying calendula is a simple way to preserve your harvest so you can enjoy the flowers long after the growing…

If you have roses growing in your garden, don’t let those beautiful blooms go to waste when they start to fade. Drying rose petals is an easy way to preserve them so you can enjoy their color and fragrance long after the roses are finished blooming. Dried rose petals are lovely for homemade potpourri, bath…

Are you wondering whether your hydrangeas will grow back if you cut them down? The answer is: it depends on the timing and the type of hydrangea you have. Hydrangeas are known for their beautiful blooms in the summer, but pruning them at the wrong time can result in the loss of flowers for the…