Garden-Fresh Sodas

For those who came out to the tour and tried the herb-infused simple syrups, the recipe is really easy, hence the name simple!
1 cup boiling hot water
1 cup sugar stirred into water until dissolved
1/2 cup herbs of choice steeped in the sugar water for 10 minutes. While you're steeping the herbs, make sure you cover the container with a lid or plate so the oils don't escape with the steam.  Every so often stir and bruise the herbs in the mixture. After 10 minutes, filter the herbs from the syrup, store the flavored syrup in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Use lavender syrup in lemonade, mint in mojitos, lemon balm and seltzer as a homemade garden-fresh soda...the options are endless!

May 10, 2014

This weekend we exhausted ourselves with planting. There's still (always!) plenty of weeding to be done, but in lieu of that un-fun stuff, we put in yarrow around the base of the grape vine, yellow cherry and Mr. Stripy tomatoes in rows, tons of bell peppers perennial flowers and a couple milkweed transplants that may or may not make it, and basil and veggies outside the fence. We already have cucumbers, sweet potatoes, potatoes, loofah, greens, dent corn, and a handful of perennial veggies in the ground. In a few more weeks things should really be filling in.

For your own yard and beyond

Attention Nature Loving Pals! HAWK Matthews is hosting Habitat Steward Training on June 23-25, 2014 in Matthews at the Community Center.

Call Debbie at 704-841-1372 for more information.