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Herbs: Multi-purpose Plants | National Garden Bureau

Herbs: Multi-purpose Plants

Herbs, Recipes
Herbs are definitely multi-purpose plants. Traditional uses include culinary, medicinal*, fragrance, and dye. We have written records of medicinal uses of herbs in 5000 B.C.E. in the Middle East, and archaeological evidence of medicinal use back to 8,000 years ago in China. One has to wonder: who was the first brave person to test some...
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Sunflower DIY Projects to make for summer and fall - Year of the Sunflower

Sunflower DIY Ideas

DIY Crafts & Gifts, Recipes
Easy Sunflower DIY Projects Ideas to Create on Your Own Feelin’ Sunny: Make These Sunflower DIY Projects Now!  From crafts to cooking to kids’ parties, try these bright ideas for sunflower DIY projects. Cheery, bright sunflowers: they’re the perfect plant to entice pollinators, add garden drama (the good kind, that is!), lure little ones to...
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Cocktails from the Garden - National Garden Bureau

Sip and Savor Cocktails from the Garden

Recipes
One of the fantastic things about gardening is that once summer arrives, you can (hopefully) take a break from the planting and weeding and truly enjoy the beautiful space you've created. Sweep off the patio then invite some friends over to sit and relax while enjoying the view. Maybe one way to relax is by...
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Sweet Potato The Super Food - National Garden Bureau

Hidden Treasures

Recipes, Vegetables
Sweet Potato the Super Food Last year I utilized the new Treasure Island Sweet Potato vines in my patio containers and this gardener found a new appreciation for these tuberous vegetables. And I’m ready to celebrate this superfood with my fellow gardeners. This root vegetable has seen an increase in popularity, especially compared to ‘regular’...
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Make your own Sweet Potato Skins Recipe Today! - National Garden Bureau

#Cook A Sweet Potato Today!

Recipes
As gardeners, it's always fun and exciting to use the produce you've grown to treat family and friends. This experience using sweet potatoes grown from a new ornamental sweet potato vine was double the fun! Treasure Island is a new series of sweet potato vines that not only generates beautiful and colorful vines but also...
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Cooking with Lavender - Delicious simple recipes to make with Lavender

Cooking with Lavender

DIY Crafts & Gifts, Recipes
3 simple recipes for cooking with lavender Cooking with Lavender because Lavender is so much more than a relaxing scent or a closet sachet.  Lavender’s pretty purple buds and green leaves are a highly sought after culinary ingredient.  You will find it in restaurants around the world and products at your grocery store.  Lavender is...
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"There is Corn in Egypt" Salad Recipe - National Garden Bureau

What to Do With a Bounty of Corn?

Recipes
A delicious summer corn salad recipe filled with your garden bounty! To celebrate the Year of the Corn, garden communicator Shelley S. Cramm, author of God’s Word for Gardeners Bible, shared her corn salad recipe, with a little background on the ingredients and their Biblical connection.* “There is Corn in Egypt” Salad This side dish...
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Denise's Award Winning Pickled Beets - Year of the Beet - National Garden Bureau

Denise’s Award Winning Pickled Beets

Recipes
To celebrate the Year of the Beet, our good friend and fellow Garden Communicator, Denise Schreiber, aka Mrs. Know It All and author of Eat Your Roses, shared her Pickled Beets recipe. This recipe has won many awards at her local fair. We can't wait to try it, how about you? Denise's Award Winning Pickled Beets...
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brassica recipes

Enjoy your Brassica Harvest!

Recipes
What better way to celebrate brassicas you've just harvested than with delicious recipes! Straight from your garden delights always make the dishes fresh, healthy and just more fun to eat! Brassica vegetables include numerous choices that are popular around the world including bok choy, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, kale, kohlrabi, rutabagas, and turnips....
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