Allow me to admit that I have never grown many herbs before, but this year, I hope to change that trend, In the following post, I’ll tell you about the herbs that I intend to plant and why I decided to change my previous pattern. “Herbs have been used for thousands of years to flavor…
Month: January 2024
The Complete Illustrated Book of Herbs — Excerpts: Focus on Plant I’ll Grow in My Garden
Image Credit: Complet Illustrated Book of Herbs “Herbs have been used for thousands of years to flavor and preserve food, treat ailments, ward off pests and diseases, freshen the air, and decorate and enhance our lives. Ove the centuries they have also become associated with fascinating myths, legends, and folklore.” Complete Illustrated Book of Herbs,…
How Native Americans Used Herbs and Other Native Plants for Medicines, Dyes, Food, etc.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1156&context=all Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra ) Image Credit: The Monticello Shop Height: 8 – 12′ “Smooth Sumac, a native of Eastern North America from Quebec to Georgia, has been in cultivation since the early 17th century. Thomas Jefferson included this species in a list of native plants and seeds he requested from Philadelphia nurseryman John…
Hanbook of Medicinal Herbs – Excerpts
Duke, James A. et. al. Handbook of Medicinal Herbs. 2nd ed., CRC Press, 2002. https://repository.poltekkes-kaltim.ac.id/1148/1/Handbook%20of%20Medicinal%20Herbs%20(%20PDFDrive%20).pdf BASIL, SWEET BASIL (Ocimum basilicum) pg. 60 BEE BALM (Monarda didyma) pg.. 68 BONESET (Eupatorium perfoliatum) pg. 111 CALENDULA, MARIGOLD, POT-MARIGOLD (Calendula officinalis) pg. 139 CATNIP (Nepeta cataria) pg. 164 CHICORY (Cichorium intybus) pg. 184 CHIVES (Allium schoenoprasum) pg.191 CHICORY…
How to Create a Sense of Depth and Height in Your Garden – Also a Word about Raised Beds
Jacki Kellum Garden 2022 I subscribe to the gardening principle that gardens should be layered, with taller plants in the back, medium-sized plants in front of those, and the shortest plants in front of the other two layers. The magazine Fine Gardening provided the following graphic to explain that tenet: Fine Gardening September and October Issue 2021 in…
Hardy Chrysanthemums -Great Flowering Plants that Will Survive Tough Winters
One of my best garden purchases during 2023 was that of several small hardy mum plants. Supposedly, I bought several colors, but the pink variety flourished. The plants grew tall and they reproduced abundantly. During January of 2024, my garden suffered a crippling freeze. It sleeted for two days and the temperature dropped to the…
Perennials I Plan to Add to My Garden
American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) Height: 36-72″ tall (3-4 ft) Image Credit: American Meadows Aster ‘Purple Dome’ (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) – 3 Plants Image Credit: American Meadows Height: 36-48″ tall (3-4 ft) Baptisia Wild Blule (Baptisia australis) Image Credit: American Meadows Height: 36-48″ tall (3-4 ft) White Baptisia or False Indigo (Baptisia alba) IImage Credit: American Meadows…
How to Create A Pollinator Garden in Mississippi: A Plant List
Biosystems Engineer and Native Garden Expert Nate Venarkse recommended the preceding video and he said: “if you want to stick to MS native plants with the same design, you’d need white false indigo and downy pagoda mint instead of purple false indigo and Agastache.” Nate Venarske, Facebook Post White False Indigo Purple Coneflower Butterfly Weed…
How to Use Procreate: Step 2 for Very First Beginners – Learn to Use the Pencil Brushes
Child in a T-Shirt – Jacki Kellum Drawing in Procreate My number one go-to pencil for Procreate is the 6B pencil, which you can find under the hood of the Sketch brushes. At the highest intensity, the 6B pencil makes a dark mark, but if you reduce the opacity of the brush, you can create…