Here’s an oxymoron for you…there’s nothing like fresh dried oregano.  Oregano is one herb that is better dried than fresh.  The other day, after snipping lemon balm for my water jug, I harvested some oregano.  It was getting ready to flower, the peak flavor time.  I hate to deprive the herbs of their flowers.  Some Continue reading

The heat wave has hit.   When it’s 100 degrees in the country, that’s really hot.  Even with air conditioning, I need to stay hydrated.  I  have a really neat  glass apothecary jar with spout that I fill up with water, a big chunk of ice, and a sprig of herbs.  It’s so much more inviting Continue reading

It is the relaxed, unstructured pace of summer that has me crazy enough to think that I can maintain a blog.  I live in a log home in the middle of the woods right by a highway in the Hereford Zone of Baltimore County, Maryland with my husband John, a 17 year old cat Peaches, and a Continue reading