HerbnArts

    ...I went to my happy place this morning. Le Petit Jardin des Herbes, my little herb garden.  The sunflowers were basking in the morning sunlight as the bees danced over the flower heads to seize the day's nectar.  September in all its glory with low humidity and mild temperatures!  It has been a tortuous summer that made it seem like forever until we in Ohio saw some relief from the horrific heat and humidity.  But thankfully September brought hat delicious relief and some much needed rain.  Lawns are looking green for the first time in months.  Grass no longer crunches under foot as one walks across the yard.  Crickets are chirping and gentle breezes stir the trees, shaking the maple seed twirlies to the ground reminding us that it isn't summer anymore.  This is the time of year that I especially spend as much time as I can outdoors.  If the Farmers Almanac is right, and they usually are, we will see plenty of snow and cold te...

    ...The day began with delightful aromas that spoke to me of late summer.  Lemon verbena soap stirred memories from joyful summers spent wandering around my favorite herb farm that is no longer in business.  As I washed my face I immersed myself in those delicious memories.  Sunlight sparkled on the leaves and blossoms of the anise hyssop standing tall in my tiny garden.  The pollinators should be happy with this crop of hyssop.  So far, the day was cool enough in the morning to plant the rest of the hyssop that I was too hot and uncomfortable to bother with.  They had been modestly growing in pots that were way too small for them.  Though the hyssop might not reach the same height as their taller fellow plants, they would still have enough time to produce blossoms before the frosts end the growing season.  I may try to use some of it to make my own cough medicine elixirs toward this winter and what may come.  Even though I had p...