How to Dry Flowers with Emerson Wild
You've procured your flowers, whether foraged, home-grown or locally sourced. And now it's time to dry. Drying flowers is a beautiful practise that dates back thousands of years. It has roots in practicality for things like medicine and perfumes, but also has long been a source of decoration and...
Dried Flowers: Foraging, Growing and Sourcing
Drying flowers takes all the things we love about fresh flowers and lets us hang on to them for longer. It's a practice that aligns with a conscientious and slow ideology. It requires time, patience and an understanding that the process cannot be rushed. Whether it's a sentimental bouquet, your...
Summer Container Gardening: Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Few sights are more welcomed than an overflowing and full container garden at the height of the season. Teaming with life and colour, attracting pollinators large and small-alike. Enjoying a morning coffee, or an afternoon book and observing the buzz around your garden is a wonderful experience....
Companion Planting Herbs for Pest Control
On a previous installment of The Wild Blog, we introduced companion planting; with special focus on compatibility of common vegetable-garden favourites. While this introduction acts a guide for achieving the best growing conditions and therefore harvests, companion planting has plenty of...