Archive for April, 2008

15 Apr

I have enjoyed this pretty plant in my garden, as well as come across it in the wild during “herb walks”. It is not hard to grow, and spreads if it is happy in it’s location. Though native of the Western United States, it can generally be found throughout the country. There is a legend [...]

13 Apr

Each year I look forward with anticipation to the blooming of my Daylilies, and each year I never know how many flowers I will have. A couple of years ago I had 8 bloom in the ring of plants I have growing around my well pump “cover”, last year only two. Then there was the [...]

08 Apr

As I was looking around for a way to find out whether Yellow Dock grows in our part of New Jersey, I found that plants.usda.gov shows where plants grow in various states, and alas, in my part of Northern New Jersey, it appears there isn’t much, but I know I’ve seen it in many places [...]