This posting is about the variety of Wood Betony that goes by the botanical name Betonica officinalis or Staychys botanica. Isn’t this a beautiful picture? It was borrowed from Wikipedia. Like many medicinal herbs, this one has a list of historical uses, but the one that is most prominent in my thinking and experience is [...]
What a busy weekend we had! Saturday I spent some time digging and packing my double orange day lilies for a few people who ordered them on eBay. I have to decide whether I’m going to sell any more, they are thinning out nicely. Sunday we did a lot of running about, but in the [...]
Each Fall we have had an over-abundance of VERY LARGE acorns on our property, which is shaded by several oak and maple trees. The squirrels are delighted, but our cars are dimpled, and if there is a lot falling, the driveway is a bit like walking on marbles. The variety of oak that I’m giving [...]
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I haven’t been able to say enough about how beautiful the weather has been today. The sun is shining, and it was in the upper 70′s. I went to our local garden shop and picked up a flat of Coral Petunias and top soil and planted them in my hanging baskets and planters up near [...]
