Summer finally arrived last week. A humid mass of high pressure from Mexico hopped the border fence and gave us some hot days and tropical-looking morning clouds that lit up brilliantly as the sun rose. After almost four months with… Read More »summer at last
I love my drought-tolerant herbs, but I couldn’t imagine summer without one that likes a little more water to do well: basil. Last year, I shared that when I buy a bunch at the grocery I usually cut off the… Read More »basil season
Is there anything better than fresh herbs from the garden? For years I had herbs in my fairly dry veggie garden. Some of the herbs herbs thrived. Others sulked. Some died. Fortunately, if you’re trying to cut down on watering,… Read More »herbs for a dry garden
Many years back I planted a rose geranium plant (Pelargonium graveolens) and was close to pulling it out. The leaves had that interesting rosy, grassy rose-geranium scent, true enough, but the plant was sprawling, leggy, and in its underwatered spot… Read More »pretty isn't everything