Recently, I traveled to Wyoming’s capital city, Cheyenne, for a long-anticipated holiday. While there, I had the opportunity to visit the ...
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Anise or aniseed, Pimpinella anisum, is The Herb Society of America’s Herb of the Month for March. It is a licorice-flavored herb in the parsley ...
It’s midwinter, and many of us are stuck inside due to cold weather. To beat the winter blues and celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, why not treat ...
“The house was bright that night, with candles lit in the windows, and bunches of holly and ivy fixed to the staircase and the doorposts. There ...
Another move means another new time for figuring out what conditions herbs will like. It seems to me it’s never the same. I’m always learning ...
Bay laurel, Laurus nobilis, The Herb Society’s Herb of the Month for February, has been a symbol of achievement, power, and victory from early ...
“No wonder that cheek in its beauty transcendent,
Excelleth the beauty of others by far;
No wonder that eye is so richly resplendent.
For your ...
What smells like a teenage boy’s unwashed socks, is a legendary medicinal plant since the time of the Greeks, and has appeared prominently in the 1974 film version of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express?
Hops is a perennial vine reaching a height of over 15 feet. The flowers are chartreuse green blooming in July, and the leaves are bright green ...
Continued from October 30, 2017 ... See Part I
All alone in a corner of the Old Woman’s garden are the mandrakes – waiting for some poor fool ...
I’ve been thinking about Christmas since March, brainstorming what I’m going to make for family and friends. Last year I gifted baskets of ...
When summer arrives on the North Coast my living space expands to my gardens. These summer rooms are decorated with flowers and art. I try to ...
My friend Suzie is getting married in early July. The reception will be after 5 p.m. in her dad’s backyard. And, that means we’ll be fighting ...
I’m facing a purple coneflower apocalypse. While the prolific posies were busy beauties above ground last summer, they were busier below. ...
Armchair gardening has been a rich season for me in 2016. I’ve curled up on my brown armchair with paisley cushions, striped cat at my side, and ...
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To 'nip or not to 'nip—that is the question.
'Tis nobler for ...
Paris Wolfe has been a journalist since the mid-1980s. She’s been herb gardening since she moved into her first house in 1990. Writing about ...
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