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  • 10 Easy Cut Flowers To Grow From Seed This Year!

    Ready to start your own cut flower garden? In this post, I will share my top 10 easy to grow cut flowers you can start from seed! What Are Cut Flowers? Cut flowers are simply grown for the ...

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  • Easy Cold-Process Lavender and Mint Shampoo Bar For Dry Hair

    Cold-process shampoo bars are easy to make at home and have great benefits for your hair. Made with moisturizing ingredients, these shampoo bars are the perfect for dry and dull winter ...

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  • How To Start Your Own Urban Cut Flower Stand: A Blooming Business

    Ready to start your own cut flower stand? In this post, I will share my step-by-step guide to show you everything you need to know to successfully grow a mini cut flower farm and flower stand right in ...

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  • Vulnerability, Persistence and Patience

    It's been a while since I have written an informal update, perhaps the first ever, for a reflective post and peeled back the onion to shed a few layers. Well, I feel now is as good a time as ever to ...

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    Vulnerability, Persistence and Patience
  • How To Care For Radiant Red Roses

    Red roses are the epitome of love, passion, and beauty, captivating hearts for centuries. With their vibrant hues and intoxicating fragrance, red roses hold a special place in the world of flowers. In ...

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10 Easy Cut Flowers To Grow From Seed This Year!

April 5, 2024 · Cottage Garden, Gardening

cut flower garden from seed

Ready to start your own cut flower garden? In this post, I will share my top 10 easy to grow cut flowers you can start from seed! What Are Cut Flowers? Cut flowers are simply grown for the purpose of…

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Easy Cold-Process Lavender and Mint Shampoo Bar For Dry Hair

December 1, 2023 · Life, Sustainable

cold process homemade lavender and vegan mint shampoo bars

Cold-process shampoo bars are easy to make at home and have great benefits for your hair. Made with moisturizing ingredients, these shampoo bars are the perfect for dry and dull winter hair. These days more and more people are taking…

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How To Start Your Own Urban Cut Flower Stand: A Blooming Business

November 3, 2023 · Cottage Garden, Gardening

Roadside urban cut flower stand

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Vulnerability, Persistence and Patience

August 10, 2023 · Life

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How To Care For Radiant Red Roses

July 7, 2023 · Cottage Garden, Gardening, Pruning

Red Roses

Red roses are the epitome of love, passion, and beauty, captivating hearts for centuries. With their vibrant hues and intoxicating fragrance, red roses hold a special place in the world of flowers. In this blog post, we will immerse ourselves…

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Unlock the Secrets: A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Dahlias

July 6, 2023 · Gardening

growing dahlias for beginners

Dahlias are stunning flowering plants known for their vibrant colors and intricate petal arrangements. If you’re a gardening enthusiast and want to dive into the world of dahlias, you’ve come to the right place. In this beginner’s guide, we’ll walk…

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A quiet winter week spent sowing seeds indoors and potting up early spring plants. This video is less about doing and more about being: moving gently, noticing small moments, and letting winter be a season of calm work. I hope it brings you a little warmth and ease. 🤍🌿

#WinterGarden #SlowLiving #GardenForTheSoul

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chapters:
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7:41 little catch up
8:27 indoor spring potting

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DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! 
Thank you kindly for supporting my channel so I can continue to keep providing content… and growing my garden! :)
Thank you for all the love, patience, and thoughtful messages while I took a step back. This season has been about slowing down, healing, and practicing what I believe in, living gently and intentionally. If you’re feeling called to pause and fill your cup, I hope you give yourself that permission. I’m so grateful for this community. 🤍

P.S. I hope you enjoyed seeing a little bit of what I was up to this past fall. I'm feeling ready to enter the next garden season with renewed optimism. 

#GardenForTheSoul #SlowLiving #HealingSeason

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Pinterest: https://pin.it/15jdXGw 

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//GARDENING PRODUCTS I USE:
○ Bee Garden Boots: https://amzn.to/4k6dtTw 
○ Felco Pruners: https://amzn.to/3dElDoX 
○ Compost: https://amzn.to/3WUDsEY
○ Gardening Light Watering Can (Solar): https://amzn.to/3gRko7A 
○ Velcro Rose Training Tape: https://amzn.to/3DuZqTV
○ Bulb Power Planter Attachment: https://amzn.to/3zi5jSX 
○ Proven Winners Water Soluble Fertilizer: https://amzn.to/3dEU13i 
○ Proven Winners Continuous Release Fertilizer: https://amzn.to/3AvhDAs 
○ Espoma Biotone Starter Fertilizer: https://amzn.to/3AuSQMS 
○ Worm Castings: https://amzn.to/4bK5uHw

//SERVICES I USE:
○ Music I use (Epidemic Sound) - https://share.epidemicsound.com/n7chcn 

chapters:
0:49 catch up
3:45 canning roma tomatoes
12:00 wreath making

And don’t forget to subscribe to my channel!

DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! 
Thank you kindly for supporting my channel so I can continue to keep providing content… and growing my garden! :)
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Meet Kate from BirchSalt
Welcome to BirchSalt! My name is Kate and I am a nurse by background turned gardening enthusiast. I take inspiration from all around me in the great state of Maine. Hence how the BirchSalt motto was born, "Inspiration From Land & Sea".

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