Ditch toxic mothballs for natural, fragrant alternatives like lavender essential oil, spices, herbs, and cedarwood. These eco ...

That's why Di Ter Avest, professional organizer and founder of Diisorganized, suggests keeping what she's dubbed a ...

JoAnn and Richard Wallenstein put in lavender to keep out the gophers, then later found that honey bees love the aromatic ...

Lavender, with its soothing aroma, has been a go-to for relaxation for centuries. Its calming properties are said to reduce stress and improve mood. However, lavender's benefits go beyond just its ...

Stepping through the doors of the Fashion and Textile Museum at the moment feels like stepping through the back of a wardrobe into a land where the air smells faintly of lavender sachets and starched ...

ACCORDING to the Greeks, man learned about perfume when the nymph Oenone told her husband, Paris, some of Venus’s beauty secrets, and he passed them along to Helen of Troy. Since then, people have ...

Moths are known nuisances in many homes, infamous for damaging clothing. They reproduce by laying eggs on natural materials like silk, wool, and cashmere. As the larvae hatch, they begin to consume ...

15:55, Fri, Sep 19, 2025 Updated: 15:56, Fri, Sep 19, 2025 Households across the UK are being urged to put lavender in their wardrobes this autumn to deter moths. The transition from summer into ...

Katie Terrell Ramos started Mesa Verde Lavender on a dare. She was working as a writer and illustrator of children’s books, and was always obsessed with lavender, she said. Then her father-in-law ...

BARABOO, Wis. — Some patches of land in Wisconsin currently look like the south of France, as lavender fields bloom. Walking through the lavender at New Life Lavender & Cherry Farm, sometimes the ...

15:37, Thu, Aug 14, 2025 Updated: 16:57, Fri, Aug 15, 2025 The worst time of year has officially begun for spider fearing arachnophobes. It feels like it gets earlier every year, a bit like Christmas ...