Winter in the Garden
I decided it was my duty to look beyond the peaceful, sleeping herb garden and take marvelous and fascinating pictures of whatever caught my eye in order to share them here. This plan allows me to take full advantage of my short attention span and so I tromp around (except in blizzards and ice storms) taking lots of photos. Here are a few of this week’s pics… Continue reading
Herbs and Butterflies
they will all fly up in an orange cloud and scatter, then flutter back down until they find a spot to feed again. They’ll take little sips of water from droplets on the peppermint leaves with their incredibly long, curly tongues which makes me wonder where they store those things when they fly. Continue reading
Stupid Things in the Garden
OK, I have done some stupid things in the herb garden.
No, not like getting rip snorting drunk and rolling around naked in Nettles or anything…heck, I don’t drink. Continue reading
Concrete Leaves
These giant concrete leaves are pretty easy to make and they make great bird baths, and uber-cool garden ornaments.
I’ve done a lot of these this year- all from different sized Elephant Ears (Colocasia). My plan is to make a fountain with them at some point. Like next summer. Continue reading
Marshmallow and Comfrey
Marshmallows produce their seeds in a wheel or “cheese” and have a tendency to reseed all over the place. I use the root and sometimes the leaves for teas… Continue reading
The Weather
“My Goodness, we’ve had such hot-cold-wet-dry-solar-flare-el-nino-blizzard-green-house-gas-tornadic-mini-ice-age-la-nina-pole-shifting-weather-lately, haven’t we?” Continue reading
Sage Unfrozen
A few weeks ago I posted a bit about leaving some pots of Sage out all winter in the snow.
Several kind and well meaning emails suggested that by leaving my sage outside in pots IN THE SNOW I was murdering poor innocent plants. I can… Continue reading
Learn To Grow Herbs
Then I wanted to design a pretty herb garden. I wanted to add shrubs, perennials and other plants to the herb mix. So I bought books. I tooks classes. I designed gardens for myself. Mostly not pretty… Continue reading
The Eagles Have Flown
Bald Eagles! They were hanging out in the cornfields and flying… Continue reading
Freezing Sage
Sage is not much bothered by pests, but by habit, the dried herb still goes into the freezer for a few weeks. Continue reading
