(Update 9/3/08 - I received my bird feeder from birdfeeder.com today, it’s a “hopper” type feeder, a lot like the one I used before the feeder you see in my video, but the quality is much better! I especially like the fact that it has a tray to catch the seeds that would fall on […]
These are the beautiful, pink flowers of the Tabebuia heptaphylla tree, also known as ipe roxo, taheebo, lapacho, ipes and trumpet brush, no doubt due to the trumpet shape of the lovely flower.
The medicinal properties of the herb..actually a South American tree..are found in the bark. As a “folk remedy”, it has been used for […]
There was ground hog that used to make it’s way from our neighbor’s yard, across the front of our house up close enough to the house to set our dog barking, up our steps and on his way to whatever garden may be in his or her path.
Actually, the ground hogs are quite cute, and […]
We are up to “Paw Paw” in our list of herbs, and I had already posted an article to my Happy Nutritionist’s Nuggets blog about this herb, so thought I’d share that article with you…Paw Paw is a tree, and the actives are extracted from the twigs:
About 11 years ago, a little after Mother’s Day […]
It’s hard to believe that the season for gardening here in the northeast is close to ending, we are already experiencing cooler nights, and with the comfortable weather, finding more energy to work on our home improvement projects.
I remember when we moved into our little home almost 25 years ago (not the one pictured, by […]
Many of you have probably seen a variety of Psyllium in your lawn or garden, and pulled it as a weed. The variety pictured is Plantago Psyllium. This is an herbal remedy that I, and others have used to add fiber to the diet, and for colon cleansing. The seeds and husks are […]
My sister is an artist, and pottery is her favorite way to express herself. She has done some beautiful work that decorates her gardens as well as my mother’s garden. I will have to share her pictures sometime. In conversations about pottery, I have learned that “throwing a pot” doesn’t mean tossing a pot […]
