by Cindyj | Jun 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
Roses are blooming and nothing could be prettier. I have several large rose bushes shown here on my property line. I have no idea what they are but they are slightly aromatic with beautiful buds on them. I also have several somewhat aromatic roses in front of my...
by Cindyj | Jun 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’ll be teaching a class this Monday night, June 23 at the Gardens on Spring Creek. This is a new botanical gardens in Ft. Collins encompassing 18 acres. We will discuss various herbs that are used for skin care such as calendula, plantain, lavender, chamomile,...
by Cindyj | Jun 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
Have you ever tried to dry chives for culinary use? Well I have and they taste alot like paper when they are dried. I guess they have to be freeze dried to preserve the flavor. What I do now is to cut the fresh chives with a scissors into small pieces and put those...
by Cindyj | Jun 3, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’ve never done much with plantain because I didn’t have a lot of it in my yard. After moving here though I have found it growing prolifically throughout disturbed soil. There are two varieties of this herb that is sometimes called rib grass. Plantago major has...
by Cindyj | May 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
We have seen quite a few raptors here at our farm including owls, hawks and bald eagles and I wanted to share some of the pictures with you. Although its quite exciting to see these great predators, I do worry about my small animals; cat, dog and chickens. We’ve seen...
by Cindyj | May 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
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”....
by Cindyj | May 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
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...
by Cindyj | May 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
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...
by Cindyj | Apr 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
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....
by Cindyj | Apr 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
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...
