My long affair with dryer sheets and why I have to fire them.

The negative effects of dryer sheet on the environment as well as potential health risks. I also provide some green options to dryer sheets.

Flowers and their meanings: How to send a message with a bouquet

Flowers symbolize many things. Here's a quick guide to some common blossoms in floral arrangements for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, birthdays and other special events.

Essential Oil and Herbal First Aid Kit

With so many herbs and the diverse information out there how do we choose what is right for us and how do we know if it is working? This is not designed to be a full listing of what anyone needs to treat disorders and disease, This is literally a...

Rose Geranium (Pelargonium roseum Willd.)

Sometimes this herb is also called Pelargonium graveolens. Despite the double name, it is the same herb - Rose geranium. (Rose geranium oil is a look-alike of the rose oil and often used as counterfeit. It is hard to tell the difference for...

Aphrodisiac Essential Oils – What Are They?

The use of aphrodisiac essential oils is ideal for boosting your romantic and sex life. Indeed, there is nothing better than using natural means for enhancing your romantic experience and increasing sexual vitality to keep things interested. Your...

The Emotional,Physical and Health Benefits of Geranium Essential Oil

8 aromatic indoor herbs that purify air naturally

A collection of some house plants which help clean the air in the room from pollution, bad smell and will lower carbon dioxide naturally. Some of them repel biting insects, other invite useful wasps that kill the parasites on the other plants. Most of those plants will live in perfect coexistence near each other and take small space.

How To Remove Ticks On Pets

While there are some areas of the world that are tick free, most areas are not. This horrible looking, blood sucking, disease carrying little vampire can really make your dog or cat's life miserable, not to mention they can also get on humans as well. In general any animal can fall victim to ticks, so it is important to know a bit about them and how to get rid of them once they attach themselves to your pet.

My Grandmother Madge and her gardens.

This article tells the story of my Grandmother Magdalene's various gardens, and of the flowers she grew there for our enjoyment. Chile is very fortunate to have mildish climates (several different ones), that enable the growth of many beautiful flowers.

How to Grow Great Geraniums

Although it doesn't matter as far as growing and enjoying what most home gardeners call a geranium, technically the flower that is identified as a 'geranium' is in fact actually a pelargonium. In the 18th century what is really a geranium, along...