I absolutely adore catmint! It is one of those plants that just make my heart sing. I can’t even put it into words how it makes me feel. It is beautiful when underplanted with roses or peonies. But unlike my persnickity roses, and peonies that only last a few days, catmint blooms on and on, and if cut back when…
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This year when I went to the Springfield Flea, it was with the intent to look for photo props that I could use for my online Etsy business. Not just any props, but props that represented individual states, or a group of states. This is mighty Montana, our 4th largest state and home to Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National…
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I’ve been trying to make a bouquet every week from whatever is currently blooming in the garden. Bringing the flowers inside, on the porch, or sometimes I take them to the office, is one way of enjoying my garden more, and this is what I came up with this week. It’s a mixture of barely blooming Oakleaf Hydrangea, Feverfew, and…
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Feverfew is a flowering plant from the daisy family. It has the sweetest little daisy heads that grow in clusters on airy stems with fernlike leaves. It is a traditional medicinal herb that is commonly used for the treatment of fevers, migraine headaches, and rheumatoid arthritis. I’ve had migraines all of my life and never heard of this as a…
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Last fall my gigantic 70-year old oak trees had a bumper crop of acorns. This spring . . . I have a bumper crop of baby oak trees everywhere. My two gigantic oaks are situated on the tree lawn of my property. I always assumed most people knew what a “tree lawn” is, but over the years, I’ve discovered that…
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