The blooming time of German chamomile in the garden ( matricaria recutita) is long anticipated each year. For weeks I watch to spot the moment of the tiny cotyledons emerging in the ancient asparagus bed where they thrive and reseed, having claimed this ground as a favored one. It is amazing to me to see […]
As a plant products producer, my ethos and choices are always for quality above quantity. I feel no attraction or lure towards large scale production, and a marketplace presence “everywhere”. For me, everywhere is right in my garden, on my land. After working for nearly two decades on the landscape, it is amazing to me […]
Wearing fragrance is an intimate act. Scents pervade us: we can close our eyes and cover our ears, yet it is very hard to escape a scent, especially if we are wearing one! A perfume that is “right” for you give the sense of an extension and enhancement of yourself, or some aspect of yourself. […]
What a busy time of planting and weeding in the gardens, but also harvesting the first herbs and flowers of the season to dry, infuse, extract and distill. For years I have used and loved hydrosols. They are still a bit of a secret in the community of people who use phyto- […]
