Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Herb Garden - During
The parcel arrived and on my birthday I took Little Trouble and the Light of my Life herb shopping.
Last year I went to the Herb Awareness Weekend hosted by the Qld Herb Society (I wont post a link because I have been waiting for their website to do something for the past year [...]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Herbal Holiday - England
Herbal holiday part 2:
From Frankfurt we flew to the UK. We stayed in a gorgeous little Dorset village called Mudeford. Temperatures were 10 - 20 degrees warmer than Germany which made outings a little easier.
Unfortunately we didnt get to do too many outings since this part of our journey was dedicated to family (and [...]
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
A herbal opportunity missed…
Hello herb lovers
I popped over to the Green Flea Community Market in West End with the boys this morning. It has such a great atmosphere, unlike any other market in Brisbane. It’s worth the 30 minute drive for us just to soak it all up, oh and buying fresh produce and tasting unusual, [...]
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Rosemary goes Scientific
Good morning herb lovers,
There is something I find a tad irritating. Scientists!
I realise that that is probably a bit of a strange statement, especially since the light of my life just happens to be a scientist.
You see, my beef isnt with the profession as such but their tendency to boohoo the [...]
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Rosemary at Christmas….
I came across a lovely Christmas related herb legend.
According to this legend, the flowers of rosemary were originally white. It wasn’t until the Virgin Mary laid her blue cloak upon the fragrant branches one day that the flowers took on the soft, blue colour. Up until the 20th century, rosemary was amongst popular Christmas evergreens [...]
