tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329461720467130079.post6162190899433105635..comments2023-07-02T08:14:00.990-07:00Comments on A Selection of Varied Topics: my bookshelf, and the herbal teas I drinkBethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791763524324073873noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329461720467130079.post-79827731125112794262009-08-13T11:14:00.938-07:002009-08-13T11:14:00.938-07:00I can tell you really love to write!=)I can tell you really love to write!=)Elizabeth J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13607386168845608028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329461720467130079.post-88529634912747627552009-08-06T16:13:25.707-07:002009-08-06T16:13:25.707-07:00Glad you like it! ;)
Yes, mint is the very dicke...Glad you like it! ;) <br />Yes, mint is the very dickens. One of my friends says it has a square-root system, lol! There's a wild marjoram/oregano thing that pops up everywhere and is a bit of a nuisance...but fortunately the goats like to eat it! <br /><br />Ahhhh, bermuda grass...one of those things which I've read disparaging things about, in gardening books, but thankfully we don't have it here...bindweed is terrible, though! You know, little white morning-glory type flowers. Evidently many years back, before I was really on the scene haha, my mom thought it "would look so pretty" and imported it...argh! It's ghastly! <br /><br />We've got most of those herbs you mentioned except marshmallow and tarragon. I believe St. John's Wort is considered a noxious weed on the West Coast! <br />Oh I love Bee Balm! It smells so good. We bought some last year at a plant sale, but it managed to get dehydrated a few times before ever leaving its pot so it sort of died...haha...that happens ocasionally! <br />I put in Jerusalem artichokes last year and they simply thrived (throve?)...I harvested the vast quantities of roots in the fall, and could have sworn I got them all, but they popped up again this year. <br />I remember a few years back in the early spring I was feeling in great need of a tonic, and sometimes for breakfast I'd have homegrown lettuce, dandelion greens, and lots of nice frech juicy sage leaves--which created some inetresting conversations, as I was in a homeschool co-op group at the time and was not shy about saying what I'd had for breakfast lol.Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14791763524324073873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329461720467130079.post-12694527540321457762009-08-05T21:41:03.838-07:002009-08-05T21:41:03.838-07:00hmmm...this blog is fun! All about LOR and Herb te...hmmm...this blog is fun! All about LOR and Herb teas, some of my particularly favorite topics...although I will confess I don't have any companion guides to LOR...just the books and movies. ;)<br /><br />Speaking of "mints of all kinds" and lemon balm they are practically taking over our yard back here. The peppermint and chocolate mint like the climate so much that they are killing our grass and growing out into our yard in invading waves of dark green. Pretty much everywhere I've ever dumped dirt that was relatively close to the mint in my landscaping a new patch of it appears the next year...it's almost as bad as bermuda grass...TN's Weed from hell. haha! One time we built a rock wall on top of a few sprouts of peppermint and it wormed its way through about 3 feet of stacked rocks and came out the top...when we tore it up we found the stems were like 5-6 feet long...haha...now we have a huge patch all around that wall.<br /><br />we also have a lot of Lemon Balm and just recently a lot of Bee Balm...aka Oswego Tea...<br /><br />Marshmallow, Thyme, Sage, Echinacea, Fennel, Rosemary, Tarragon, Oregano, Jerusalem Artichoke, asparagus, Lavender, St. John's Wort, Yarrow, Cilantro, Comfrey, and we used to have reseeding parsley too but it was wiped out last year by the drought and freeze...something did it at least. <br /><br />By the way, speaking of visiting plant beds in February...awesomeness! I absolutely love finding the first sprouts and identifying them...Danaphanoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17768268057243298054noreply@blogger.com