A student in the landscaping class that I teach brought me a Pennyroyal cutting this week and a cutting of Spearmint. As most gardeners do, he expected a trade, so I was happy to give him cuttings of my Mountain Mint and Lemon Thyme. A cutting is a little slip of a plant about 6-10″ long that can be placed…
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Propagating Mint, Pennyroyal, or Thyme
The Garden Chicks
(from my 2008 blog) Since they are too young to do the baby garden plants much damage, we took a bucket of chicken to the garden. I know, I could have said “We took our baby chicks…” but don’t you think “bucket of chicken” is more hilarious? (I am so easily self-amused, let me tell you) Most were scared to…
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Learning About Birch Trees
I fell a week or so ago and injured my knee badly. Though the injury dashed my Summer dreams of gardening and hiking and getting a puppy, it occurred when I was focusing on contentment and on …focus. It’s inconvenient to have such a challenge. It’s much easier to think about improving oneself than to be in the arena where…
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A Caution Against Buying Bulk Compost
I’ve been doing some research lately – I’m actually always doing research, I really enjoy digging for the truth – and thought I should publish my research in case someone stumbles upon it and it can help them, too. As I was saying, I’ve been doing research lately, this time into purchased soil (also sometimes sold as compost). I’m not…
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This is a temporary post so I can visualize the design process. If you’ve stumbled here, hi! I’m Lori Jean, and you’re welcome here. Come back, as I’m adding new content weekly if not daily. – 7/2023
