Meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria
“The leaves and floures of Meadowsweet farre excelle all other strowing herbs for to decke up houses, to strawe in chambers, halls and banqueting-houses in the summer-time, for the smell …
Spring
Maiden, Mother, Crone
Making Chickweed vinegar today which will become part of my Spring Oxymel that I make every year… This weedy vinegar of dock, plantain, nettle, and so much more has become …
Hellebores in March
💦🌷 Dear March – Come in 🌷💦 Dear March – Come in How glad I am – I hoped for you before – Put down your Hat – You must …
Lady’s Slipper, Moccasin Flower – from the Gardens
C. pubescens x C. fasciolatum Common Name: slipper orchid, lady’s slipper, moccasin flower, camel’s foot, squirrel foot, steeple cap, Venus’ shoes, whippoorwill shoes, nerve root, American valerian Scientific Name: Cypripedium …
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May Day Dew
Today is May Day. On May Day, we dance, On May Day, we sing, For this is the day That we welcome the Spring. Anonymous I wanted to share with …
The First Gardener
“One touch of Nature makes the whole world kin.” Shakespeare I am reading a wonderful book about the rambling adventures of a man building a garden in the French countryside …
Tea Tuesday: Cleavers
“Reduce excesses, but not excessively.” Argisle As we enter into mid-Spring in the South, the conversation turns to cleansing our bodies from the rich foods; the slower movement; and the …
Monday Morning Musing
? Good Monday Morning ? Thinking of all of you as we, within this magnificent country of states and world at large, begin the transition from quarantine to moving back out into …
The Wild Edged In-Between Time of Late Winter
Wan February with weeping cheer,Whose cold hand guides the youngling yearDown misty roads of mire and rime,Before thy pale and fitful faceThe shrill wind shifts the clouds apaceThrough skies the …
Budding Rhododendron
Rhododendron viscosum: Swamp azalea, clammy azalea, honeysuckle azalea “You must stand still; and then you will see open lips and furtive glances, tender fingers, and raised arms, the fragility of …