Foraging… Herbal Highlight: St John’s Wort 21 Jun 201921 Jun 2019 St John's Wort St. John's wort is a plant with yellow, star-shaped flowers and five petals that grows in Europe, North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, and Eastern Asia.…
Book Review… Book Update: Herbs 17 May 201916 May 2019 I've recently added 4 new books to my herbal library. These books will help me learn their uses and how to care for them. Herb-A-Day by James A Duke. A…
Blog… Garden Update: Irrigation 10 May 20199 May 2019 I finally finished the irrigation system for my raised beds last weekend. I've been working on this most of the weekends in April and May. Of course, improvement will probably…
Foraging… Lawn Find: Wild Onion 26 Apr 201925 Apr 2019 I found a new volunteer in my lawn: Wild onion. Nice! I'll be moving this new plant to my garden. There are quite a few in my front yard. I…
Blog… Overflowing Garden 16 Aug 201715 Aug 2017 I planted some butternut squash in one raised bed but it decided to overrun that bed and 3 others then start taking up the walkways. There are 6 or so…
Blog… Herbal Materia Medica Course 12 Jul 20179 Jul 2017 I have started taking a free Herbal Course from The Herbal Academy. It will teach me how to create my own Herbal Materia Medica Book. --excerpt from Lesson One: "One…
Blog… Chipagedden 31 May 201730 May 2017 This is what my husband called it when I had some woodchips delivered to my house. The service was done by an Arborists that are part of Chipdrop service. It…
Blog… Garden Update & Spring Plant Swap 1 May 201730 Apr 2017 Saturday was the Park Circle Plant Swap here in Charleston, SC. There were a lot of people and plants this time. This spring I was able to bring back: 2…
Blog… Garden Update 17 Apr 201716 Apr 2017 We've been busy this weekend improving the garden. We went to Bees Ferry and picked up a few loads of compost, to Home Depot for cypress wood mulch, and to…
Blog… Garden Update 10 Apr 201711 Apr 2017 Saturday morning we went to Plantasia at Old Towne Creek County Park. The Horticulture Guild was sponsoring the event. I bought 8 plants: a Loquat tree (Japanese plum), elderberry bush,…
