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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: Clancey's Gift...

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- October 23, 2012

HerbnArts: Clancey's Gift...: ...The air was warm and inviting. Colors of gold and orange blazoned everywhere. Loading up all the essential equip...

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Lavender Joy...

- July 19, 2021

... Howling winds, torrential rain, rolling thunder and lightning furiously slammed through the Magic City. But finally it was cooler. My morning began with inspecting my yard to see if I had "lost" anything to the wild winds of the storm. Fortunately everything was where I had left it the day before. Though it was a bit breezy, the day was deliciously cool and partially sunny. Perfect gardener's weather... Immediately I wrestled out my packet of mammoth sunflower seeds and poked five seeds into the moist soil. My next fun task was that of harvesting the new crop of lavender stems I had been carefully watching. Le Petit Jardin was already yielding its green stems. The fragrance of freshly cut lavender put me in my happy place once again, reminding me that it isn't about the size of the garden. It is all about the amount of joy one derives from the sensory experience of nurturing plants, harvesting the bounty, and enjoy...

Winds of spring...

- April 24, 2019

...Small tender blades of chive were poking their sturdy heads up in the pot I had left outside all winter. Reluctantly spring was about to see the first of my herbs come to life after such a strange winter. The bitter cold hadn't fazed them as they began to grow. It was time. I have even seen a dandelion hiding under the gray-green grass tufts that were beginning to green up. Le Petit Jardin was letting me know that it was time for spring attention. A friend had already helped me by drilling some drainage holes in a metal container that I have planned to use for spring planting. Hadn't it just snowed a few days ago? But the good news is that nothing stuck or stacked up. The ground had unfrozen, so snow was not going to make a difference. Today was warmer, in the 50's, but gray. I am still not quite ready to begin my gardening rituals. My thymes and lavender have not returned to life yet. I will have t...

Lemon-Scented Dreams...

- April 19, 2024

SPRINGTIME TULIPS ... April showers brings May flowers"...It must be so, because we in Barberton are noticing all the flowering trees and spring flowers as we float by on our pontoon boats. That's actually a local joke in reference to how much rain and flooding we have experienced lately. I would begin the spring clean-up of Le Petit Jardin if it would ever stop raining. Meanwhile, I drink more tea while nibbling a cookie as I plan how I will set up this year's gardens. Lots of art projects are bombarding my brain as I stir my gardening mojo during the wet waiting. Lately I have been on a lemon kick since discovering scrumptious non-gluten lemon shortbread cookies. Lemon scented candles have perfumed my abode and I have been using lemon essential oils as my springtime personal fragrance. Watercolor images flood my imagination as I think of herb stores from the past. Those were my happy places years ago. No...