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HerbnArts

...This website is dedicated to the two passions in my life, herb gardening and living the herbal life, and to the creation of fine art through photography. After 40 years of photography and over 35 years of herb studies and gardening I can't seem to separate the two, so this is a running commentary on both and how they help to create my happy places. Hopefully I will be able to share the fun from both with everyone who reads this blog site.

HerbnArts: The Memory of Magic Jenny...

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- June 12, 2011

HerbnArts: The Memory of Magic Jenny...: " As I was ringing a customer's items at the store where I work, she commented about two little girls who walked by us, hand in hand. Th..."

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Little Green Herbs...

- March 29, 2016

Sage, Thyme, and Holy Basil ....Spring 2016. Easter has come and gone, and still we are riding on the rollercoaster of temperature changes here in Ohio. Everything is greening up and the bold spring bulbs are sporting their glorious blooms in spite of the cold weather. Easter day was wonderfully sunny and warm in the 70 degree range. But as usual, Monday has turned a nasty wet, cold 45 degrees. The color scheme of the day is battleship grey. Enough already! We need some solar coaxing to leap into real spring mode. When I worked for a local bookstore I remember a co-worker telling me that she had just visited a local greenhouse nursery for just the smell of moist earth after a long winter away from the fragrance of growing green things. As soon as I was able, I, too, made the trip to a nursery to enjoy the humidity of a warm greenhouse and the smell of little green plants. Best therapy in the ...

Bloom Where You're Planted...

- June 13, 2012

...From fall-like cool temperatures to hot summer temperatures. Welcome to summer in Ohio. We aren't seeing much rain so far. That's a good new/bad news scenario. Good news for the art shows and all the festivals...bad news for the gardens and lawns. Already the lawns are showing brown spots while the weeds are thriving. It looks as though I will be watering the garden areas twice a day. I don't water grass, so it will just have to turn brown. At least I won't be mowing every time I turn around. While watering some of my garden areas around the house I noticed that I have two evening primrose plants blooming their heads off in this heat. Why they have chosen to grow in the gravel in the driveway rather than in the flower beds I will never understand. But, there was a nice surprise for the day when I saw their cheery yellow blossoms beaming in th...

Postcards from the Pumpkin Patch...

- October 15, 2012

Everywhere the glow of the color orange eminates as we progress through October. It is hard to believe that it is half-way through the month. Today is warm, much warmer than it has been for a while. A bit of Indian summer is upon us. This it the time for finishing up those outdoor tasks so necessary before the freezes and the snows settle in for the next several months. Ohio's leaves are beautiful this year. Gratefully they are taking their time to change to vibrancy. Always eager to steal a Zen moment. I enjoyed my mid-morning breakfast in my sacred spot in the side garden. Dining in my orange-colored cacoon gave me the impression of how it must be to live inside a pumpkin. Silly thoughts from an old garden fairy? So much for whimsy... The breezes are strong enough to rustle all my windchimes. Even the tiny windchime I placed...