It's amazing how different my thinking is as I walk through the yard this year compared to last year. I see plants differently because of my time at Hobbit Gardens. I see the space differently because of my time at Growing Power. I am walking the yard with new eyes and bigger plans! Want to see what I see? Okay!
This is the new peppermint emerging from last year's start. It's in a cinder block so that it doesn't take over the whole world! |
This is that same peppermint in a little sexier pose. |
Lemon Balm! One of my all-time favorite medicinal and culinary herbs. |
It's not like I didn't know this was a medicinal before my apprenticeship, but I'm WAY more prepared to use it this year than last. Sweet, wonderful dandelions. |
I had no idea the wonders of violets before last year. A lovely tisane with expectorant properties and its antiseptic constituents make it great for skin eruptions. It is VERY tasty, too! |
This is the garden bed we built. We put the great soil right on top of the yard. It made for shallow roots. Today I dug down another foot into the soil underneath and mixed it all together. It reminded my lower back that I did deadlifts yesterday at QuantumFit. |
Plantain is a great herb for a lot of things. |
Yarrow. So lovely and wonderful! |
Wormwood. It barely stopped growing all winter! |
Valerian. It is not used to make Valium. Sorry. |
Bloodroot! The most exciting thing about this is that it died off early last year. I didn't expect it to come back! |