How To
How to Harvest Echinacea
Echinacea, also known as coneflower, is a flower native to North America. The flowers are beautiful, and they are often used as herbal medicine for the common cold and other minor infections. You can use every part of the plant the same way.[1] X Resea...
The Gardener’s Guide to Pruning Jasmine for Beautiful Blooms
Jasmine is a gorgeous, fast-growing plant with sweet-smelling flowers that makes a wonderful addition to any garden. Whether you’re growing summer jasmine (Jasminum officinal), winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum), or star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasmino...
How to Do a Forest Bath
The ‘Forest Bath,’ or the Japanese medicine of Shinrin-yoku Forest Therapy, can be an exercise in mindfulness and contribute to your well-being. [1] X Research source The “bathing” refers to a therapeutic immersion into a natural environment...
How to Grow Hay
Whether you need it for livestock or other uses, growing hay at home is a cheap and easy alternative to purchasing it in bulk. Depending on your preferences, you can use grass, alfalfa, or a mixture of both to make hay. Once you've grown your crop, all yo...
How to Plant Kangkong
Kangkong, or water spinach, is an edible plant that is mostly used in Southeast Asian cooking. It has a nutty flavor similar to spinach. If you want to grow it, you're in luck because it is a relatively low-maintenance plant. It just requires a lot of wat...
How to Prune Ferns
Ferns are relatively easy to prune. You can prune them in early spring before the new growth begins, or even when the new growth comes in. If you want to create a shape, you can trim around the edges of the plant. When growing ferns indoors, just be sure...
How to Prune Coneflowers
Coneflowers or echinacea can be a wonderful addition to any garden or yard. With growing coneflowers being relatively simple and their care being low-maintenance, you may be wondering, “What about pruning?” Luckily for you, coneflowers are low-maintenance...
How to Prune Roots
While pruning the roots of a plant or tree may sound scary, it's actually quite common. If done properly, root pruning can improve the plant's growth and overall health. Container plants can become "pot-bound," with tight circular roots that can't get eno...
How to Delete a File On Your Computer
Deletion is a process that makes files inaccessible to most users, including yourself. Deleting files is very simple on a computer.
How to Maintain Confidentiality
Whether you’re an entrepreneur or an educator, protecting sensitive information is a priority. For some industries, such as healthcare, there are strict laws and ethical codes that govern private information. Since private information is routinely stored...
How to Earn a Bachelor's Degree
Earning a bachelor’s degree at a college or university can serve as the gateway to your career aspirations. You can typically earn bachelor’s degrees in the arts, sciences, or fine arts, so choose the path that suits your future goals. Then, find a school...
How to Edit Legend Entries in Excel
This wikiHow teaches you how to change the name or value of a chart's legend entries in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, using a computer.
How to Prune Roses in Winter
Rose bushes will begin to blossom in the early parts of spring. In order to make sure that the rose bushes are in good condition and will grow in the ways and directions that you’d like them to, it’s a smart idea to prune your roses late in the winter.[1]...
How to Prune a Spider Plant
Spider plants are one of the easiest houseplants to care for, but don't worry if yours develops a few brown leaves. If your plant has yellowing leaves, gets too large for its container, or puts out lots of baby plants, it's probably time to prune. Use cle...
How to Prune Tree Roses
Tree roses are a type of rose bush shaped to resemble a small tree. When pruning tree roses, you want to achieve 2 things: to promote the blooming of flowers and to keep the tree-like shape. To do this, cut your trees in the early springtime, and continue...
How to Organize Apps on Android
This wikiHow teaches you how to organize and change the custom layout of all the apps on your Android's Home screen and Apps menu. You can group multiple apps in the same folder, create app shortcuts on your Home screen, and edit the order of all the apps...