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Design Systems
Today, as usual, our garden therapy began in the cool early morning. As the sun got higher, we shifted to harvesting some herbs and flowers for the drying racks. And then when it got really hot, we settled in the shade to try our hands for the first time ever at making sage smudge sticks. […]
Salvia
Salvia, the genus widely known as sage, is within the family of Lamiaceae, with nearly 1,000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. The Salvia / Sage family includes two very widely used kitchen herbs: Other sages we might know are: On My Wish List… Any other sages I ought to consider? * Note that […]
Fall Sowing for Cold Stratification
Sowing seeds in the fall to allow for cold stratification: This is how I’m doing it this year. The weather has warmed up a bit last week. Armed with new potting soil recipes for plants native to this region, I’d mixed and filled up a whole bunch of potting pots with the mixture. I made […]
Anna Blueberry Digital Media
With the first frosts & light snow this last week of October, gardening season 2024 has effectively come to its end. So over at Anna Blueberry Digital Media, which is what I do when I’m not in the garden– I’ve been brushing up my website design & development skills. This website here is where I […]
First Snow / End of the Season
It’s that time of the year when things slow down. We’ve just had our First Snow of the 2024-2025 Winter Season. Happy Halloween. We move indoors, sort thru the saved seeds and label the dried herbs. Pull out my favorite tincture recipes, and make plans for cold stratification of native wildflower seeds.
Multiplying Pineleaf Penstemon
Before/after photos plus the video of the actual act of dividing & multiplying (click on image or link to view– I posted this on Instagram). https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCUvwUyyRyUatDkXSzAGEU4YH0WCbn2yEAb6ak0 I was astonished at how easy and rewarding it was to divide a Pineleaf Penstemon! This video is my first attempt at playing around with a new-to-me video editor […]
