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Monday, October 29, 2007

A couple of exciting things lately

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It's been a whirlwind around here with all sorts of thing swirling in the mists. First frost last night, and it's about time! More i...
Sunday, October 28, 2007

Happy Halloween to Word Fiends

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This game sucked me in for more time than I care to acknowledge: http://www.dedge.com/flash/hangman/hangman.swf I've got a bunch of thin...
Sunday, October 21, 2007

Taking a Day to Catch My Breath

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When an issue of the magazine goes out in the mail, and everything is settled, there is always a day or two where I am completely at loose e...
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Monday, October 15, 2007

Our Environment and Baby Steps

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Living where I do, it would be easy to bury my head in the sand and pretend everything is alright. It is nearly pristine farmland, and the c...
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Sunday, October 14, 2007

The Woolly Bear Prediction for the coming winter

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Right now, country roads are being traveled by the Woolly Bear caterpiller, the larval stage of the Isabella tiger moth. Prognosticators fro...
Saturday, October 13, 2007

Nov/Dec '07 issue of The Essential Herbal

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It's in the mail, and it's good. Another delightful, delicious, and diverse holiday issue is on the way to subscribers, shops, and b...
Thursday, October 11, 2007

Pumpkins and Hippie Cream

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I thought I'd share a little something I listened to today from Cuddles the Vampire by Hippie Cream being as it is October. The drummer...
Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Local herb classes

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There are some great classes in the works for locals - Lancaster, PA. They'll be held at Radiance on Grant Street, and you can contact S...

Herbal Swap coming up

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A few days ago I was sitting around, letting thoughts wander aimlessly through my head, when one of them got stuck. Wouldn't it be fun ...
Saturday, October 06, 2007

Spiders are going to enclose my house

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I walked outside into the fog this morning to be met with an eerie sight. Not only was the hill completely covered with thick, quiet fog, b...
Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Snatched a few days from the crushing jaws of life

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I've mentioned it before, but something has happened in the past 6 months that astounds me. I keep chewing on it, trying to figure it o...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Saying goodbye to the garden of 2007

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Every year, there is a week or so that makes me melancholy. It is the very crest of the garden, just before frost hits and it is over until ...
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Monday, September 24, 2007

Sweet Annie and the delights of early Autumn

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Today brought another delicious day to Lancaster County. That, and a challenge from Michele of the "blog gang" sent me out into th...
Sunday, September 23, 2007

Rosehip Syrup (and herb syrups)

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In our on-going experiment of taking wild foods to market and trying them out on our patrons, yesterday we took some rosehips from the huge ...
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Friday, September 21, 2007

Adventures in the Life of a Magazine Editor

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There have been many times in the last 6 years when I've chuckled to myself thinking, "if only the readers would see me now, wouldn...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

There's a Riot Goin' On

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Is it a coincidence that my garden always reminds me of different songs? This evening it turned out to be Commander Cody and the Lost Planet...
Saturday, September 15, 2007

How to Avoid a Deadline

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Let me count the ways..... One would think that I, the editor of The Essential Herbal magazine, would be the first to have my writing finish...
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Friday, September 14, 2007

What's Going on Around Here?

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We're getting close to the deadline, so there's work being done there, but there are a couple of other things to talk about. First -...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Making Potpourri

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As our gardens are winding down, it's time to think about some of the crafts we can do to keep it with us over the winter. Some are for...
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Sunday, September 09, 2007

Peach and Pear Cordials

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Cordials seem to be getting a lot of searches lately, so with Christie's permission I'm posting some recipes she offered on the list...
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