by HollyBeth Anderson | Sep 3, 2013 | flower, gardening
DANDELION SALAD • 2 cups dandelion greens and if you have basil in your garden add that • Nuts of your choice • Blueberries or strawberries (or fruit/veggie of the season) Dressing that I make – you can add/subtract as needed – and as I don’t normally measure it this...
by HollyBeth Anderson | Aug 31, 2013 | beauty, camellia, flower, Garden, gardening, hollybeth organics, hollybeth website, home and garden, natural, nature, organic, organic certfied, organic skincare, organics, organics bodycare, skincare, sunflower
Is it just me or do we all hesitate to immediately embrace what our Mother says? My mother kept telling me about an article I had to read. Finally last night I read the crumpled newspaper article that she had gifted me and voila! It was an article by Susan Salisbury...
by HollyBeth Anderson | Aug 30, 2013 | beauty, flowers, Garden, gardening, nature, organic
Zinnias might be my new favorite flower. Throw the seeds in the yard and they are prolific bright flowers that attract an array of butterflies. They are such generous bloomers. When you cut zinnias for a vase, cut above the next set of leaves and you will have a new...
by HollyBeth Anderson | Aug 23, 2013 | flower, Garden, gardening
My backyard is a bevy of butterflies and hummingbirds this morning, just glorious and there is a new resident an eastern cottontail visiting every morning and evening. After waiting all summer my cardinal vine has finally bloom, alas just one bloom but there are more...
by HollyBeth Anderson | Aug 14, 2013 | essential oils, Garden, gardening, hollybeth website, natural, organic, organic skincare, skincare
The history of rosemary dates to the fifth millennium B.C. Legend says rosemary grows where you can hear the sea thus the name rosamrinus in Latin or sea dew. Rosemary has been used in religious ceremonies, weddings, and funerals. It was burned in Europe to ward off...
by HollyBeth Anderson | Aug 9, 2013 | Garden, gardening
August brings out one of my favorite flowers, my fragrant ginger lilies. Ginger lilies belong to a family of 1600 different species and it is related to the culinary ginger . Its nickname is garland flower as leis are made from it and like many flowers the petals are...
