Plants, Herbs and Recipes
Alexanders: chips made out of a perennial green that grows in the shade garden
More kitchen experiments:
Chinese Chrysanthemum for a Stress relieving tea, Medicine and our Bees
Rare Chinese plant in my garden:
More about mints: Hierba buena or yerba Buena
I really wanted to know what hierba buena is and it can be many herbs:
What are my Preferred Herb Books?
Some of my preferred herb books:
Home Made Yacon Syrup
Making yacon syrup is a bit of work, but if you grow yacons you will have lots of them!
Plenty of Flowers on your Elderberry but no Fruit?
Ever wondered why your elderberry does not set fruit? I wondered, but not too much since without a net I don’t get fruit here anyway. So I thought it was the birds, anyway, I am after the flowers rather than the fruit. It was Joseph, full of old-timers wisdom who told me why: Once he … Read more
Alpine Strawberries – The Earliest Fruit in my Garden
I ate some alpine strawberries already, they are slightly earlier than the usual strawberries I have in my garden (the variety name is lost since a long time). It is difficult to harvest your own fruit year-round in cool climate. There’s really nothing ripening in early spring apart from rhubarb which is not really a … Read more
Dandelion and the Look-alikes
How to tell dandelion apart among other similar looking non-poisonous plants: