Whew, noticed I have not posted for over a month! You will see by the pictures though my husband and I have been busy. The garden has been planted, and with all the rain we have had, it has really grown. We have squash, beans, corn, okra, tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes. This picture was taken about a…
Sharing Your Seeds with Friends
A great gift to give your neighbors and friends are seeds from you own garden. Susann atShare-Croppers is sending me some of her seed packets to share with my friends, and I had to let you know about them. There are many varieties of flower and vegetable seeds, and herb packets are soon to arrive….
Herbal Blog Party!
Corey at Aquarian Bath is having a party! An herbal blog party, and has invited the following bloggers to share their posts. ~Tina Sams of from the Essential Herbal gives us a tour of emerging Spring herbs in Pennsylvania. Her Anise Hyssop photo is featured in this blog post. ~Cindy Jones of Sage Script also…
Plant a Pest Repellent Herb Garden This Spring
I taught a class at our local college on Herbal Theme Gardens. We discussed serenity gardens, apothocary gardens, and a tea garden. On one side of my patio I have my apothocary garden, calendula, chamomile, St. Johns Wart, Lavender, Yarrow, Catnip, and waiting until the ground is warm, comfrey and arnica. We had an awning…
Herbal Healing Salve for Dogs
Our dog Corky is 98 years old (in dog years of course). He has always been a scratcher and biter and frequently has reddened irritated areas on his legs. I think he has an obsessive compulsive disorder. . . I have been working on several recipes to develop a salve for dogs to add to…
February is Sweet Potato Month
I love sweet potatoes and in honor of sweet potato month, I thought I would consider them in this years garden. I have never grown them before. There are many varieties so visit your local nursery to see which one is good for your area. The picture here is from http://www.burpee.com/ and given it’s name…
Evening primrose
What an absolutely gorgeous day today. 60 degrees and sunny weather. We worked out in the yard, raking, cleaning and burning. I peeped underneath the mulch in my herb bed and saw catnip beginning to grow. My St. John’s Wort, yarrow, and lavender all survived. My oldest lavender was beginning to look “woody” and was…
Arctic Blast Headed for the East Coast
Thankfully, we won’t get anything like the storm headed for New York and Washington D.C., just drizzling rain, grey skies, and 44 degrees. Toasty warm inside, I was looking through some information in my ever growing pile of “need to keep” and found a great source for those who love wildflowers and would like to…
Say it Ain’t So…..6 More Weeks of Winter
The last 2 weeks have brought two snows to our area, and unfortunately I was at work for both of them. As an ICU nurse, I can’t just walk out on my patients when the snow starts, so on the first snow, I left the hospital and made a 1 1/2 journey home. It normally…
Moonflower Seeds
Whats a girl to do when you can’t work out in the yard yet? Clean your office. Laying under a pile of “stuff” I found some moonflower seeds that someone had mailed me. The postmark on the envelope was 2007 and I have decided to see if they will germinate. I love to plant seeds…
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