Under The Sun

Tina Sams never fails to amaze me. I have mentioned before about her magazine “The Essential Herbal”; now she has compiled articles from the first 5 years of publication and put them into a book entitled “Under the Sun, the First Five Years”....

Mother’s Day Tussie Mussie

I miss my Mom. She died two years ago. When she was alive I remember giving her a tussie mussie one year for Mothers Day. This year I will walk my garden (and look in my dried collection) to see what plants I have to pay tribute to her on this Mothers Day.Basil for...

Cold Sores

As if one weren’t enough, I have two huge cold sores on my lip. My normal procedure for cold sores is to take vitamin C, vitamin B and apply a lip balm that I made that contains lemon balm infused oil. Although I did that yesterday it has gotten worse. Cold sores are...

130 plants

The local conservation district here sells small seedling plants cheap to people with acreage to use as wind blocks or other screens. These are the plants I bought in the back of my pickup truck. They include 50 nanking cherries, 50 choke cherries and 30 red cedars....

Springtime in the Rockies

I’ve been meaning to take some pictures of some spring growth around my place. I thought I’d better do it now as we are under a winter storm warning and my plants may be burried tomorrow under a foot of snow. Here are my chives, clary sage and spring...