by Daisy | Apr 22, 2012 | Conversation, Fencepost
The volunteer squash I was whining about the other day got transplanted. Thank you for your comments. They helped me get over the wave of inertia that swept over me whenever I looked at it, which was all the time. It was right in the middle of the garden, and I...
by Daisy | Apr 19, 2012 | Body Care, Garden, Household, Plants & Uses
Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) is a heavy-hitter in the medicinal plants game. It is used, among other things, for the heart, for anxiety, and for women’s health. You can read more about it here. I planted motherwort seeds last Spring. They germinated and...
by Daisy | Apr 14, 2012 | Dessert, Recipes
After a trip to a Pick-Your-Own strawberry patch this past weekend, I had some berries begging for something more than smoothies or cereal. Here’s what I came up with. It’s a no-sugar (just honey) added, flourless pie with a combination cooked puree...
by Daisy | Apr 12, 2012 | Conversation, Fencepost
The more experience I have as a gardener, the more ruthless I become about certain things, like pulling out plants that don’t perform well, cleaning out crops that have started to bolt in time to get another planting in of something else, and I’m even...
by Daisy | Apr 3, 2012 | Fencepost, Reviews
I don’t know the exact moment when I began to question, well, not everything, but a lot about what we buy and put in or on our bodies. It may have its earliest beginnings way back, before some of you readers can remember, to the Tylenol debacle. For those of you...
