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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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    10 Easy Cut Flowers To Grow From Seed This Year!
  • 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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Grow Beautiful Ranunculus Flowers with These Easy Tips

June 13, 2022 · Gardening

Growing ranunculus

Growing ranunculus from start to finish isn’t as hard as you might think! They make beautiful flowers for cut arrangements and have a long lasting vase life. With a few simple steps, you too can grow and harvest these beautiful…

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5 Types of Beautiful Thornless Roses to grow in New England

June 1, 2022 · Gardening

Thornless roses

This post will identify five types of thornless or nearly thornless roses that you can grow in New England USDA zones 3b-7a! Whether it’s a climbing rose, rambling rose or a rose bush you are looking for, there are some…

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A Charming and Cozy Maine Garden Update-May 2022

May 11, 2022 · Gardening, My Garden Updates

May garden update 2022

This spring my husband and I have been busy working on the next phase of projects in our garden. Now that it has finally warmed up, we have finally begun. Here’s what we have been working on so far and…

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Pre-Sprouting Ranunculus Bulbs For Better Flowers

April 19, 2022 · Bulb Care, Gardening

How to plant ranunculus bulbs

Ranunculus are often referred to as the rose of the cut flower garden, for their rose-like appearance. They make wonderful cut flowers and are fairly easy to grow. In this post you will learn how to easily plant ranunculus bulbs…

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How To Fix Winter Burn on Evergreens

April 3, 2022 · Gardening, Pruning

fix winter burn on evergreens

If you happen to notice a bronze or burnt appearance to your evergreens once spring rolls around, do not fret! Your evergreen is likely not dead, but instead may have winter burn. With a few simple steps, you can easily…

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How To Easily Prep Raised Beds for Spring

March 24, 2022 · Gardening, Raised Bed Gardening

how to prep raised beds for spring planting

One of the first tasks for many gardeners is preparing raised beds for spring planting. This is typically done after the threat of frost has reduced and the soil is no longer frozen. See below how I prep my raised…

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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. 🤍🌿

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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. 

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12:00 wreath making

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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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