Basil

A basil plant in the heat of the summer, and it's quite a hardy plant. Two cuttings have been taken already. I am a fan of good old Terra-cotta pots, this one is a bit fancy, as you can see, with a rolled top edge and carvings. This is part of my tiny herb "garden" and the third potted herb I've shown you. I have always wanted a basil plant for various reasons.
1. It's pretty
2. For it's culinary uses (though I'm not a cook)
3. For it's herbal medicine uses (as essential oil, tinctures, dried leaves)
.... first described in a Chinese herbal around 1060 C.E, and has been used for stomach spasms and kidney ailments....
....the essential oil is antibacterial, and drops of basil oil may relieve ear infections. European scientists are investigating the use of basil oil as treatment for antibiotic resistant infections.... 
.... dried basil leaf can be added directly to food or drunk as a tea (1/2 teaspoon of dried herb steeped for 10 minutes in 1 cup of boiling water in a closed container) to relieve flatulence and fullness....
Taken from Rose Mountain Herbs .com

I haven't yet ordered from RMH but I like the herb profiles and their blog. I will be ordering supplies by the end of the week. I'll let you know how it all goes.
Thanks for the visit!
i LoVe To HeAr FrOm YoU

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Lavender & Rosemary

This is my first attempt at growing Lavender. I think I need to re-pot into a larger vessel, the plant just started growing so fast. There are a few purple petals where she has started to bloom, but I need to do a little reading on when to harvest and how to cut and dry.

This is my rosemary.  I want to start propagating her now that I know that I can. While blog hopping or browsing Pinterest, I came upon a post from  Juniper Moon Farm about how to propagate Rosemary, (I believe they want to grow a hedge eventually). I found out that you can do the same with Lavender, check out their fabulous blog or go through my Pinterest board, Herbal Apothecary. Visiting both of us would definately be worth your time.

Here is a closer shot of the Lavender and below a closer shot of the rosemary.

Thanks for stopping by, I would love to hear what you think and welcome any advice,
Hugs~Lori

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More of Our Back Yard

I think this is called a Snowball Bush, but I'm not sure. It is HUGE! It has spread out quite a bit over the years. Beautiful, yes. In my way when I go out to hang clothes on the line? Yes. It is overgrowing my stone path, I guess I should have taken a photo of that too. Anyway, I just wanted to show a few shots of our yard. As I said in the day-lily post, I was only able to get a few areas because of the time of day.

The leaves are gorgeous green and the flowers are a beautiful white. Easy to care for....we don't have to do a thing except trim it!!! They are not fragrant, which is a bummer.

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Day Lilly's

These are the Day-Lilly's behind our garage. It wasn't a great day for photos, as you can see in the close up below, a bit of wilting was going on. It is a bit warm and sunny on the south side of the old carriage house. Our garage is actually the original carriage house for our Victorian era farmhouse.  More about the interesting history of our home in another post. The Day-Lilly's are rather wild behind the corner and around one side. When we first moved in I cut a few and brought them into the house, but they died by the next morning. Oh! That must be why they are called day-lilly's!!! Who knew? Well, we didn't really have many flowers on the farm while I was growing up. Sheesh! Tee hee, silly girl.

Thanks for stopping by, hope I put a little smile on your face and sun in your eyes. **Smiles**
~Lori
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Tulips

Here are a few pictures of our tulips. We were going to have a frost, so I cut the tulips that were in bloom. They looked and smelled great in the living room.

Yellow and Red

Yellow, red and an orange yellow mix

A ruffled yellow












Hope you enjoyed the Tulips today, we certainly are here. Happy Easter and have a fabulous week! Thanks for the visit.
Lori

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