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4 Simple Bouquets to Make For Any Occasion

Whether you're saying Happy Anniversary or Happy Birthday, here are four  heartfelt last-minute bouquets or floral arrangements to create. Above: Photograph via Kelly Lamb. Bouquet No. 1: Take …

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A Natural Cleaner that Makes Windows Sparkle

When it comes to cleaning her home, Erin, a contributing editor for Gardenista, likes to take as natural an approach as possible. While she's been making her own vinegar-based window cleaner for year…

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4 Ways to Eat Your Flowers

As many of our favorite flowers blossom, we're planning to incorporate the edible varieties into our menus.  Here are four favorite recipes to add a bit of color and flora to your fare: Above: Of…

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A House Made from a Shipping Container

Do you ever wonder what happens to all those corrugated metal shipping boxes? Is there some graveyard where obsolete cargo containers go to be piled into a rusty, sad mountain of metal? Well, loo…

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A Refreshing Treatment for Tired Feet

Whether you've been pounding the city pavement to chase after cherry blossoms or crouching in the garden to harvest your garlic scapes, your feet have been doing most of the work. Reward them with…

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Delicious Ways to Use Wild Fennel

Sure, feral fennel is a weed. But with feathery fronds and bright clusters of flowers, fennel fills the air with a scent of anise. Grilled fennel bulbs are delicious. Gardenista contributor Marla ad…

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5 Clever and Convenient Compost Solutions

With Earth Day around the corner, we're aiming to be more responsible composters here at Gardenista. We admit, our impulse is to scrape the dinner plates into the sink, whirl the disposal, and be don…

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An Herbal Remedy for Allergies

After years of living without, Gardenista contributor Erin Boyle learned that she had allergies. Her cure? A miracle herbal tea remedy. Photographs by Erin Boyle. When Erin phoned The Herb Shopp…

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Lemon Balm: An Easy-To-Grow Herb with Medicinal Qualities

A member of the mint family, lemon balm ("Melissa officinalis") is an easy-to-grow herb treasured for its lemony scent and medicinal qualities. Popularized in the Middle Ages as an herbal remedy, it…

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Brighten a Table with Springtime Forsynthia

For any holiday, we like to put just a little energy into tabletop decorations here at Gardenista. For this past Easter, Erin Boyle of Reading My Tea Leaves showed us one of her favorite ways to brig…

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