Archive for December, 2009
Herbs In The Snow
December 21st, 2009 | 
Author: It started snowing earlier so I took a few shots of these Echinacea (or Purple Cone Flower) seeds heads before the snow got heavy.
I like to leave the seed heads on a lot of my flowers and herbs out in the garden. Birds and other creatures eat the seeds during the winter and then in the spring I always find lots of these little starts under my pine trees. Why?
The birds nest in the pines! After the birds have eaten the Echinacea seeds, they get “gift wrapped” in bird poop and deposited beneath the trees. It’s a sort of messy little fertilizer package !
Since Echinacea won’t thrive on the heavy shade of the pine trees I end up yanking most of the volunteer starts, but occasionally I’ll replant some of them into a new herb bed. When the Echinacea plants are three years old I dig up the roots for tincture making. These plants will be dug up next fall.
Posted in Make Your Own Herbal Remedies, herb garden | 
Tags: echinacea, herb garden, herb seeds, herbs | 
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Growing Herbs For Beginners
Wahoo! It’s finally here.
Yep, the new site is up and we now have two of our online video classes finished!
We just finished the videos for our holiday crafting series featuring handmade gifts, Christmas ornaments, and holiday decor all from natural items like fruits, spices, and of course herbs!
Just click on the link below to visit the holiday site. You can see a video sampling of one of the many projects we do in the holiday crafting classes and you’ll get a freebie craft recipe, too!