Violet Jelly

Last summer I found a recipe for violet jelly. It was pretty simple: violet blossoms, water, lemon juice, sugar (lots of it!), a…

Basil bouquet for a friend

Vivian and her basil bouquet I posted a link on my Facebook page to my recent posting about pruning basil, and a friend added…

What? Dill again?

I never know where dill will pop up in one of our gardens. Hundreds of seedlings have sprouted this spring under our two shrub re…

Minty fresh!!!

I decided to try and grow my favorite plant from seed this year: chocolate mint. The seeds looked li…

When tomato met basil

My first garden was a mixture of a garden plot and container plants. I didn't have enough room to plant everything that I wa…