by Tina Alexander | Aug 5, 2024 | Announcements, Herb Notes, Penelope's Garden
We are enjoying a lush and healthful season in our medicinal and tea herb garden this year. This week, I highlight three of our familiar residents: Calendula, Bee balm, and Bronze Fennel. CALENDULA (Calendula officinalis) has thick, fibrous roots and grows in thick...
by Tina Alexander | Jul 22, 2024 | Announcements, Herb Notes, Penelope's Garden
As always, please follow the cutting guides presented with the plant on the yellow-dotted stick. This helps ensure the continued growth of flowers and leaves to nourish the plant and offer more cutting opportunities. Enjoy the bounty! Please email with any questions,...
by Tina Alexander | Jul 7, 2024 | Announcements, Herb Notes, Penelope's Garden
The bounty continues in Penelope’s Garden! I hope that you have all taken some time during your pickups to visit and enjoy the abundance of this garden. Have you seen the myriad of bees and pollinators in the bee balm, catch a whiff of the soothing lemon balm,...
by Tina Alexander | Jun 24, 2024 | Announcements, Herb Notes, Penelope's Garden
Just a short note about two of the mainstay tea herbs in our garden, Lemon balm and Holy Basil (Kapoor Tulsi). Both have distinct flavors and are very yummy and soothing. I use each as a one-ingredient cup of bliss, or you can add other herbs to complement their...
by Tina Alexander | Jun 17, 2024 | Announcements, Herb Notes, Penelope's Garden
All this lovely rain and warmth have brought our herbal medicinal and tea garden back to glory! Take a moment to walk through this space and enjoy all the beauty of perennial (and annual) herbs. Please check the chalkboard for which herbs are ready to harvest. There...
by Tina Alexander | Sep 18, 2023 | Announcements, Herb Notes, Penelope's Garden
As always, this is a brief (and incomplete) introduction to these herbs. There is sooo muchinformation at our fingertips. BE CURIOUS! All Artemisia species are antimicrobial and stimulate digestion to some extent, but some, notall are nootropic, meaning that they...
