Gardening

How to dry lavender for tea, health and beauty DIY projects! Drying lavender, in particular lavender flowers can have many benefits - you can use lavender at home, to make lavender soap or lavender bath bombs or how about a cup of lavender tea? Learn how to dry and store this beautiful plant to have all year around.

How To Dry Lavender For Tea, Beauty & Health

Lavender is a magical plant! Its beautiful aroma helps promote relaxation and it can be used to make tea or for fun beauty DIY projects. Learn how to dry lavender from scratch so that you can use it for tea and at home all year long.

How to dry lavender for tea, health and beauty DIY projects! Drying lavender, in particular lavender flowers can have many benefits - you can use lavender at home, to make lavender soap or lavender bath bombs or how about a cup of lavender tea? Learn how to dry and store this beautiful plant to have all year around.


Lavender Uses

  • make lavender tea by letting a tsp of dried lavender buds seep for about 5-8 minutes in hot water (about a cup). You can find a more detailed guide on how to make lavender tea here.
  • to get rid of moths in your closet – fill a few sachets with dried lavender and leave them in your closet or drawers.
  • to make bath bombs and soap – lavender is often used in aromatherapy to promote calmness and you can easily incorporate it into your beauty DIY projects. Here’s a tutorial on how to make lavender soap and another one about how to make lavender bath bombs.
  • infuse drinks or food (caution: not all lavender can safely be ingested, so make sure to buy organic lavender or grow your own). Here’s a recipe for lavender macarons that you might want to try.

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Growing lettuce: The best tips on how to grow lettuce in your backyard, so you always have fresh lettuce at home to make healthy salads, lettuce wraps or other low carb recipes. | Gardening Tips From Homemade Mastery

Growing Lettuce: Why & How To Grow Lettuce

Learn how to grow lettuce with this simple step-by-step guide on growing lettuce.

Growing lettuce: The best tips on how to grow lettuce in your backyard, so you always have fresh lettuce at home to make healthy salads, lettuce wraps or other low carb recipes. | Gardening Tips From Homemade Mastery

This year, I’ve pretty much made it. You can say I have an endless supply of lettuce. I didn’t do everything by the book – I didn’t leave much space between the lettuce heads, but somehow it’s growing like crazy. Which means more nutrient-poor lettuce salads and lettuce wraps for me. Just kidding, gotta love lettuce, here’s why…


Why Grow Lettuce

Lettuce may not have super healing properties, but if you want to add more greens to your diet and are just getting started with gardening – you need to learn how to grow lettuce. It’s fun and useful.

Plus you get to experience something different. Lettuce also

  • still has more nutrients than bread and is therefore a great low carb alternative in many recipes
  • it’s a great base for salads and can be used in smoothies as well
  • it’s rich in nutrients like vitamin A, K, folate and even has some protein.

One great reason to grow your own lettuce is to keep it free from harmful chemicals – you really get to control what you put into your body (and your family’s) when you start growing your own food.


When & Where To Plant Lettuce

Lettuce is a spring and fall crop as it loves warm weather, but it doesn’t thrive when it’s too hot out – temperatures between 60-70F or 10-20C are optimal. I always start my lettuce from seeds in pots indoors when it’s still cold out (or hot – for fall harvest) and then transplant outdoors once the roots have formed and the last frost in spring has passed (which we can’t always predict, but hope for the best!). Plant your lettuce in a warm (not hot) place that gets plenty of sun. Use well drained soil, adding compost can improve the growth of your lettuce and make it more nutritious.

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