Archive for the 'Herb Garden' Category

12 May

This wonderful, sweet herb used to grow in my garden (though the picture is not from my garden) and I hope to try again this year when it gets a little warmer. I planted it for the first time two years ago, and hoped it would winter over, but unfortunately, it didn’t.
The scientific name for […]

29 Apr

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 the […]

21 Mar

Happy Spring!
I have been posting on a couple of my other blogs about how much this time of year means on a spiritual level, and will get a post on here sharing more about that on Easter, but today, just want to say that my dear hubby cleared the remaining leaves off our property.
Because of […]

12 Mar

As I continue to dream of the warmer days ahead, I keep reading articles that inspire me, and while looking about I came across the following about growing an indoor kitchen garden…something that can be done any time of the year, even when there is snow on the ground.
For many people their garden is a […]