by Daisy | Apr 26, 2012 | Garden, Plants & Uses
In March of last year, I wrote a post about the first growth of ginseng from that winter’s planting of ginseng rootlets and seeds. It was my first attempt to grow ginseng, and I was thrilled that the rootlets had come to life. It was a hot, dry summer,...
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 | Nov 29, 2011 | Garden, Permaculture
After I started reading Toby Hemenway’s book, Gaia’s Garden, I decided I had to have a mandala garden. A mandala garden is a form of keyhole garden, which you may be more familiar with. For those of you completely new to the concept, let me explain. A...
by Daisy | Nov 18, 2011 | Garden, Permaculture
This is the tail end of the season to sow cover crops. I planted the mandala garden in a mixed cover crop at the beginning of November, and a last ditch second crop on top of my hugelkultur bed last weekend. On top of all the reasons to grow cover crops, I have a...
by Daisy | Nov 16, 2011 | Garden, Permaculture
First, of course, what in the world am I talking about? Hugelkultur (from the German, hill culture) is a method of building a garden bed. It hails from the permaculture world and means building a bed either by piling up wood and branches on the surface of the soil or...
by Daisy | Nov 13, 2011 | Bugs & Critters, Garden
I love cole crops. Brassicas. Of course I’m not alone. Brassicas are considered the most important edible species out there. Broccoli, turnips, rutabagas, mustard greens, kale, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, cabbage. Yum. And also of course, bugs love...
