The flowers in my garden in June this year have blown me away – so much so that I decided to devote a special post to them! Undoubtedly, the lily takes the prize with its mesmerizing beauty, subtle fragrance, and splendid colors. Lily Last year, I planted five of these plants after root division and ...
Soapwort can either be pink or white. This is the lather just with water and soapwort! I like the herbal scent of this tea The herbs on top are marshmallow root After adding in and steeping the tea bag Today on DIY Thursday, we are going to make a 100% natural shampoo with a lesser known herb called ...
After four years, Wisteria is having its best year covering half my pergola. Doublefile Viburnum holds its lush branches out to offer these beautiful flowers. Mertensia, Virginia Bluebells, peeps out from under the viburnum. Here it is, the Chocolate Vine, Akebia quinata, that ate my fence. I had no ...
George Key asked: Many people are interested in natural living. This involves using products that do not contain harmful or caustic chemicals. Many of our everyday cleaning and personal beauty products contain dangerous chemicals that ...
As promised here’s the first of many of the plants you can usually find at HerbFest. Bouncing Betty In our country’s early formative years the West was being claimed by the “Easterners” and the trail from East to West Coast could take many a month and sometimes years to complete. The winter months w ...
purple soapwort I took this beautiful photograph years ago in my own back-yard. I love that sound…. “my backyard” doesn’t if conjour up memories of past days? yesterday? 15 / 30 years……..a lifetime ago My backyard…….what do you remember? Posted in abundance, CheyAnne Sexton, flowers, light, LOVE, Ph ...