Some winter herbs and veggies

We got some new plants in today, having paid a visit to one of our very favorite herb and veggie growers! Some neat cool season veggies - unusual kale, spinach, bok choy, you can grow your own stir fry! - and some herbs as well.

A few highlights:

Pine Geranium - a scented geranium that actually looks like a little mini pine tree! Very cool, you totally need to come check it out!

Samphire/Sea Fennel: Rare plant to find & even more difficult to research. Native to British cliffs where it has long been used as a salt substitute and an essential ingredient for pickles. Blue-green, highly dissected fleshy succulent looks really.... WEIRD!



Balm of Gilead - has a cool Eucalyptus like aroma, beautiful pink/mauve flowers and wide variety of uses.

Wood Betony is a really striking looking herb, interesting foliage and shoots of pink flowers, and also a wide variety of herbal uses.

Mace yarrow - I had never heard of this plant before; the cut foliage on it is really interesting though, and apparently it can be used in soups and other cooking!



We also have several varieties of salvia/sage in right now - a great plant to work into your garden this time of year for some added color.



And the winter veggies are not to be missed; what better way to get yourself eating healthy then by growing some chard, spinach, kale, cauliflower and peas that you can then cook up in all sorts of great ways?



Working in the garden today after the store had closed, I was accompanied by two very large gray and white cats. Judging by their girth and their tameness - they seemed more annoyed that I was ruining their garden party by being there then anything else! - I have no doubt that these cats have homes in the neighborhood, and that our garden is their evening playhouse. I also now know why all of the catnip we had for sale was destroyed within two days! Given Grandma Johnnye’s life long love of cats - she always had at least two or three living with her at any given time - I think it’s only appropriate that we share our garden with some neighborhood felines; grandma would certainly approve!

The weather is looking beautiful - come see us this weekend!