About 4 years ago someone gave me a small Horseradish starter plant and it has taken off, growing beautifully in soil that could use a little help, but seems to be fine with this plant and the herbs growing in the garden….herbs are so forgiving. The plant grows next to our rural mailbox and is [...]
What a cold Spring day it is today here in northern NJ, but that isn’t stopping the high tree pollen count as the trees begin to bud, and the growth of my tulips, daffodils, grape hyacinths, crocuses and other assorted spring bulbs. Many of my perennial herbs are coming up as well.Today I want to [...]
Michelle Obama is going to be planting a garden at the White House, and from what I hear, it is going to be a garden with vegetables, herbs, and perhaps some fruit. The garden will be near the fountain on the south lawn, and children from a local DC school will join her to break [...]
I was contacted last week by someone who wanted to trade some seeds for some of my mint, and it reminded me that I’ve been having so much fun posting to the blog, that I’ve wandered a bit from one of the purposes of this site. That is providing a place for people who have [...]
Among the plants in my “everything” garden that is in the only sunny spot on our property is Sage. I call it the “everything” garden because there is no real rhyme or reason for what is growing there, there are herbs, vegetables, flowers, a rose bush, and somehow it all comes together. The botanical name [...]
