Homemade Elderberry Syrup
Homemade Elderberry Syrup. September 6, 2023. There is a single elderberry tree on the loop we lived on in Brightwood. The village matriarch, who had lived there most of her…
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Blackberry & Chamomile Lemonade
Blackberry & Chamomile Lemonade, August 3, 2023. The afternoon sun beat down on my head while I carefully tread down the path trying to avoid getting entangled in thorny vines….
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Honeysuckle Syrup
A sweetest odor! Honeysuckle! Asphodel that Greeny Flower by William Carlos Williams Honeysuckle Syrup, June 23, 2023. Honeysuckle is an old-timey flower that is well-suited to rambling over fences and…
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A Humble Cottage Cake
Life is what we make it, so make the mundane enjoyable with the flowery details! Anna Tang A Humble Cottage Cake. May 2, 2023. Clusters of honey-scented lilac caught my…
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Sunshine Herbal Tea
Sunshine Herbal Tea, August 15, 2022. Snip. Another chamomile head falls into my basket and joins the others. Soon the plants are bare except for the tightly curled buds that…
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The Cottage Garden: Calendula
The marigold that goes to bed with the sun. William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale The Cottage Garden: Calendula, August 9, 2022. While watering the garden last night, I spotted a…
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The Cottage Garden: Borage
“It maketh a man merry and joyful.” -Pliny the Elder, an ancient Roman naturalist on borage. July 31, 2022. The Cottage Garden: Borage. The pretty blue borage is already huge…
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Blushing Chive Blossom Vinaigrette
Blushing Chive Blossom Vinaigrette. June 20, 2022. If you’ve never grown chives before, I highly recommend it for several reasons. First, fresh chives are delicious on many things, such as…
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How to Dry Citrus Peel
In another few weeks it will be time to start drying herbs which is always a joy to do. If you are interested in drying your own herbs you can…
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Rosebud Tea Cakes
May flowers are finally here! It is such a joy to see them coming into the local nurseries. My favorite local nursery knows my face well as I fairly haunt…
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How to Dry Herbs
And where the marjoram once, and sage, and rue, And balm, and mint, with curl’d-leaf parsley grew, And double marygolds, and silver thyme,And pumpkins ‘neath the window us’d to climb ; And where I often when a child for hoursTried through the pales to get the tempting flowers, As lady’s laces, everlasting peas, True-love-lies-bleeding, with the hearts-at-ease,And golden rods, and tansy running highThat o’er the pale-tops smil’d on passers-by, Flowers in my time that every one would praise,Tho’ thrown like weeds from gardens nowadays The Crossroads by John Clare How to Dry Herbs. June 16, 2021. To harvest herbs is to harvest…
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Growing Chamomile in My Cottage Garden
May 27, 2021. The dainty and sunny faces of chamomile deserve a place in every cottage garden. They are humble in appearance and yet long revered for their comforting qualities….
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