Tag Archives: gardening
The garden: 2012 edition
Right off the bat, I’ll admit that my garden isn’t as prolific as last year. I was away on business the entire month of March and couldn’t get the seedlings started up in a good way. That, plus I got … Continue reading
Posted in food, keeping house
Tagged gardening
A calendula oil infusion by sunlight
Calendula officinalis. To some it’s a pretty flower to admire, to me it’s a powerful herbal medicine. I’ve only scratched the surface on medicating oneself herbally, but the stuff I’ve read about the benefits of Calendula are remarkable, especially in … Continue reading
Posted in DIY
Tagged gardening, herbal healing
This weekend’s garden haul
Don’t mind the battered and well-loved cookie sheet:
Garlic bulbs and bulbils, oh my!
One of the successes of the 2011 garden (my first ever) so far is the garlic. The cloves were taken from a CSA basket garlic bulb and put into the ground last Novemeber. After much anticipation, the resulting bulbs were … Continue reading