Book Review: The Elderberry Book

30 Aug 201930 Aug 2019

I just received this book in the mail, it was a recent purchase that I waiting to arrive. It talks about how to forage, cultivate, prepare and preserve elderberries. It…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…