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Plants for Color All Summer
Life is hard, gardening shouldn’t be. Here are seven plants you can grow that will be colorful all growing season without a minute’s trouble. LUSCIOUS® Bananarama Lantana...
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High Low Golden Rule
An elegant tablescape at Moss Mountain Farm. The golden rule right now in weddings is to give your neutrals a makeover with pops of metallic and our Moss Mountain brides and planners have mastered this...
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One Recipe, Two Uses: Honey Simple Syrup
Simple syrup is an invaluable staple in the kitchen. Use it to sweeten your tea, your cocktails, to candy-coat roasted almonds or pecans or brush onto cakes. It’s a breeze to make and has many everyday...
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Summer Container Garden Recipe
You can create a beautiful hanging basket with just three plants: Luscious® Citrus Blend™ Lantana, Superbena® Royale Red Verbena and Goldilocks Rocks® Bidens. Add a couple of thriller plants...
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Plan your summer vacation: A self-watering container review
A guest post by Gary Pilarchik In early May, I was fortunate enough to attend Garden2Grow 2016 at Moss Mountain Farm in Little Rock, and I had a wonderful time. I never would have thought my...
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Dad’s Day Beer Brunch Menu
Dad’s Day is on the horizon. It’s time to celebrate the man who taught you to change a tire. How to hang level photos. How to pace yourself with alcoholic beverages. How to avoid being electrocuted …...
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A Guide to Gifts Dad will Dig
Let’s agree dad deserves something nice this year, not the same-old, same-old. Put down that chain-store leather wallet, and let this be the year you go above and beyond for your old man. Start your...
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Farmers market oddities and how to use them
If you take your time to browse the farmers markets this summer, you might see a few things you’ve never tried before. Like a knobby circle of kohlrabi, or a strange looking lemon-shaped cucumber, or...
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Cabbage Patch Kid: How a plant inspired one girl to feed needy families
Many years ago, the Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program — where third-grade students are given a cabbage plant to tend either at home or at school – inspired one young student in South Carolina...
View ArticleLavender Room Spray
Materials 3/4 cup water (I use tap water, but distilled is fine too) 2 tablespoons vodka, witch hazel, or real vanilla extract 5 drops lavender essential oil 5 drops lemon essential oil 5 drops...
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Fresh Iced Tea Popsicle Recipes
Our episode, featuring a trip to Charleston, S.C., brought us to the only tea plantation in the United States. Tea is so Southern and so delicious, and we got a closer look at how it’s grown and...
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Bone Meal vs Blood Meal. What’s the difference?
Feeding plants is complicated. However, you should remember you’re not feeding the plants, you’re feeding the soil. The plants use up nutrients in the soil, yes, but much like the human gut, soil is...
View ArticleWhat’s the Fig Idea? Find out in the summer e-mag
The summer issue of our Naturally magazine is full of recipes, architecture, DIYs and more. Be inspired to party with sweet figgy bourbon cocktails, spicy green beans and sunny, heat-hardy flowers that...
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Master the Mason Jar Dessert
Mason jars might be the most useful item in your kitchen, and it seems like the internet – we’re looking at you, Pinterest – keeps finding new uses for them! Some of the trends we’ve seen include,...
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Make Your Coffee with Cold Brew-sion
The idea of hot coffee in the middle of summer is not appealing at all. However, with a little bit of planning, you can enjoy the smooth taste of cold-brewed coffee. It’s all the caffeine, with less...
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Garden Harvest Given to At-Risk Children
The cafeteria at Centers for Youth and Families overflows with organically grown tomatoes, peppers and more, and the staff barely has room for the harvest donation from Moss Mountain Farm. In the...
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Urban Farming: Big City vs Small City
Urban farms are exploding in popularity across the country. No matter the size of your city, you can bet someone is taking advantage the space in a vacant lot or an empty rooftop to grow fresh produce....
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Seize the Daylily!
If your grandmother had a garden, chances are good she grew daylilies. This easygoing perennial has been a favorite for generations, but the newer kids on the block are definitely not for the old...
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Flock around the Clock: Poultry Workshop
If you’re raising chickens or think you might add birds to your backyard in the near future, the Poultry Workshop is for you. It’s ideal for everyone from small-scale chicken farmers to novices wanting...
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Two-for-One Plant: Boxwood Basil
Once you recognize the boxwood shrub, you’ll see them everywhere. In most neighborhoods, they are more ubiquitous than speed bumps. But what if I told you the boxwood basil has the same aesthetic as...
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