Arethusa's Garden    

A list of the many herbs and flowers that are believed to have aphrodisiac properties. Includes lots of interesting stories!

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The most common plants used in making cosmetics and natural bath products such as soaps, bath oils, creams, cleansers and hair conditioners. Also includes a section on Basic Herbal Preparations.

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(See also Religious Gardens chapter) This detailed chapter lists the plants mentioned in the Bible, and includes verse references, and quotations.

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Birds are beautiful and fun to watch. They also eat many insect pests, making being out in the garden so much more comfortable for you and your vegetables. This list will help you attract more birds to your garden, because the plants will offer them a choice selection of their favorite foods.

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Butterflies add a delicate and beautiful touch to the garden. Each type of butterfly needs a particular plant for feeding. You can increase the numbers and variety of these wonderful summer visitors to your garden by growing the specific flowers and plants in this list - all the very ones that the different butterflies need.

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Plants have been used as a source of dye since before recorded time. Here is a list of plants, and the colors they produce.

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Edible flowers make great garnishes, and can also be used in salads, soups, many entrees, and desserts. Some flowers are spicy, some are sweet or floral tasting, and others taste like a bean or mild vegetable. Consider this chapter as a list of munchable color!

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Never pay craft supply store prices again! It is so easy to grow your own, there should be a law against purchasing store-bought! Here is a list of flowers, foliage, vines and seed pods that are so simple to grow, harvest and dry for your own crafting.

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Some fairies are sweet and dainty. Some are capricious and arrogant. Fairies, elves, gnomes, trolls, and goblins appear in tales from cultures around the world. Interestingly, almost all these entities have a close connection to nature. Here is a list that crosses many cultural borders, to include many plants, and their tales, that have some connection to this fanciful population.

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Plants that can be used as natural insecticides and repellants, for all manner of creeping, crawling and flying beasties.

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Attract these tiny beauties to your garden. Here is a list of their favorite food sources that you can grow. The added bonus is that the flowers at which Hummingbirds like to feed are almost at beautiful as the birds themselves.

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Plants that are their best when viewed by moonlight - those that open only at night, or release their fragrance at night. Also a large list of plants with the most stunning white blossoms - ones that just seem to glow in the dark.

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The theme of this garden: plants that look their best in the bright light of midday - in other words, black or near-black colored plants, grasses, flowers, fruits and vegetables. Have fun with this one!

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The Perfume Garden showcases plants that have been used to make things smell better since time began. Your senses will thank you!

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The way to ensure a pantry filled with a rainbow of sparkling jars, brimming with the goodness of summer, is to start with a garden filled with these fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices. As they grow, they will store sunshine, flavor and nutrients, which you can "put away" to enjoy throughout the winter.

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This is a list of plants all reputed to have psychoactive properties. The information is presented for information purposes only. Even in this small spot, I include these words of most ardent discouragement: DO NOT INGEST THESE PLANTS. MANY ARE DEADLY.

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