Drum Roll Please! And The Winner Is... Winner Has Replied!

The Trusty Dusty Cheese Basket and The Herbal Husband!

Yes, he is back in the northern hemisphere!  He had a great time with family and friends and now it's back to business, herbally speaking.  The old cheese basket is ready with the potential winning names.  I still don't have a list of items that will go into the box.  So you will get jam and jelly as pictured in my last post and whatever we can fit in that large flat rate box.  You will be happy!  Oh,  almost forgot, the winner's name is:

LEE

I have reached out to the winner.  And I heard from her.  We will get the box ready and get it in the mail promptly.  You will have it in any case before Christmas.

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has participated in my blog this year.  You are all herbal blessings to me and The Herbal Husband.  We would like to wish everyone who reads these words a happy holiday season.

My Annual Herbal Holiday Box Giveaway! This Contest Has Ended!

We are at that time of year already!  Didn't the year fly by?  Since I did not do a blogiversary giveaway in August, it was my ninth year, we will blow the doors off with this herbal holiday giveaway.  My herbal packer a/k/a The Herbal Husband is away at the moment, but on his return next week, I will have more specific contents.  It is a Large Flat Rate box.  You can put a lot in this box.  Here is what I know for sure.

You will get one each of my raspberry jam and four other jellies to include, tarragon wine and rose geranium from last year and lemon verbena and pineapple sage from this year.

Part of the Herbal Items in the Herbal Holiday Box!

Then it will be up to the herbal packer a/k/a The Herbal Husband to decide what else will fit.  He is a marvel so you will be happy I know.

More Herbal Goodies in This Bag, BAG IS NOT PART OF THE GIVEAWAY!

OK, this contest will run from the time posted today, Tuesday, December 5, 2017 to Noon (12:00 PM) Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, December 12, 2017.  It is open to residents of the 50 states of the United States.  It gets too pricey for foreign countries.  Please leave a comment with CONTACT INFORMATION ON THIS POST ONLY.  Just a genuine way I can contact you!  Oh one entry per person please!   I will try to have a complete list of items before the contest ends posted.  The Herbal Husband will have the honor to pick the winner next week and then we will get in touch and mail the box as soon as we can.  Facebook friends please comment on this post on the Facebook side to enter.  Good luck everyone! 

The Spearmint Lives On!

A Tiny Bit of Green in A Lot of Brown!

Wow!  Where has November gone?  I certainly didn't have a lot to say, did I?  And now The Herbal Husband has gone to visit family and friends in Peru!  I guess that is the good news and bad news.  I know I take for granted what he does for me around here each and every day!  I am exhausted chasing those darn squirrels away from the peanut caddy!!

I was out on the street brooming the leaves from our neighbor's giant oak tree into the front beds.  It is a wild and crazy thing.  The spearmint is surviving in a sea of brown!  I did get some lemon verbena and Texas tarragon cut and hanging in the basement to dry.   So I will be down in the workroom some day next week.  I really need to work on some herbal tea blends.  I have been drinking too much black tea!  Never!  But this is an herbal blog and I need to start using what I dried!

We are having spring type weather here.  It was 65° yesterday!   Supposedly the bottom will drop out next week.  I really do enjoy sweater weather.  Now on to the important stuff.  I didn't get to do a blogiversary giveaway in August.  I will however be doing a monster Herbal Christmas giveaway soon.  Please stay tuned!  Hope you are having a great day wherever you may be.  Looks like turkey leftovers are tonight's dinner.  Talk to you soon.

And The Winner Is. . .!

The Old Cheese Making Basket Works Its Magic!

The winner has come forward and claimed her box!  Drum roll please!  The winner of the herbal mystery box for this year is:

                                                      PEGGY (RICCIO)

I added Peggy's last name because I had another PeggyR in the hunt.  Hope you are watching and listening for this announcement.  Please e-mail me as soon as you can with your name and address and I will try to contact you through your blog!  Congratulations!  I also want to say thank you to all who took a chance on my little giveaway.  Your kind remarks are what keep me going and learning about herbs for you and with you!

Has been snowing since late morning here.  So we have snow cover again and the deep freeze is about to hit.  Hope you have had a wonderful day.  I will talk to you tomorrow. 

Down to the Wire, Herbally Speaking!

Our Christmas Tree Decked with Gingerbread Cookies!

Well, plans have changed and we are here putting the winner's box together!  So again you will have until 5:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time today to comment on my original post on my blog and on Facebook to be entered.  One entry per person please.  Then sometime before 6:00 PM, E.S.T., I will announce the winner!  So please stay tuned!  Snow is on the way here.  Sort of glad we had a cancellation!  Talk to you later on!

In My Haste, Herbally Speaking!

A Beautiful Rose Thorns and All!

Really beautiful bee balm Pressed!

A Lovely Rose Bud and Other Roses in Bloom!

Sometimes my haste makes for beautiful items, florally speaking!  As I was undoing my paper towel tower the other day, I came across the beautiful red rose with thorns, a couple of very complete bee balms pressed nicely and various roses, especially the blush colored one and I don't think I grew it!  Oops, senior moment!  The Herbal Husband may be able to remind me where it came from.  It is really senior times here!  He doesn't remember either! Oh, boy, we in big trouble! Hee! Hee!  But we're having fun!  Reviewing photos from earlier this year for my annual calendar and the blush rose was from my talk on Shakespeare's herbs and flowers!  Whew!

So I thought shadow box, but then I would have to spray them and they probably won't last too long even sprayed.  Then I thought about making an old-fashioned scrapbook as they did in Victorian times.  I just had a light bulb moment down in my work space.  I have a bunch of lavender leaves that have dried.  I am going to put those in a glass apothecary jar and place the pressed flowers along the edges of the jar and the lavender leaves will hold the pressed flowers in suspension.

Will Probably Move This Out of Direct Light!

A View From the Top!

 Actually like it a lot!  Lost a few petals and leaves when arranging, but I really like the look.  I had it in a smaller container, but it was too jammed in.  Sort of looks like a dried terrarium from Victorian times!  Never know what I am going to discover in my haste!

Going to be in the deep freeze by the end of the week.  We have lost our snow already.  Only one more day to enter my herbal mystery giveaway.  I am thinking we are going to leave it a mystery except to say there is jam and jelly coming to the lucky winner!  So if you want to leave a comment, click here or go to the upper right hand column of my home page to enter.  Remember 5:00 PM, EST, Tuesday, December 13, 2016 is the deadline.

Just Enjoying Blue Sky and the Herb Garden!

Just Bask in That Blue Sky!

The Herb Garden is Really Beautiful with Sun!

It must be the holiday season, the kitchen faucet has a drip of epic proportions and The Herbal Husband is determined to fix it!  A man on a mission.  It has always been an adventure with him!  I will do my best to blog every day, but if I miss one, don't worry, I will try to make it up later on in the month.  As I sit here writing, it has already started to cloud up!

So enjoy the one day in Pittsburgh that has a blue sky!  Maybe we will have one more, but not many more until we get into early next year.  We are slowly creeping towards winter.  It will be cold and snow showers the next few days.  Nothing like the upper Midwest, but still a jolt to the senses!

The herbal elves have been busy getting your box ready.  I will be posting a photo of all the parts before it is sent next week.  I think if you are the winner, you will be pleased with the choices.  You must only comment on the giveaway post to be entered.  I will put a link at the top of my homepage on the right hand side for your convenience.  Remember only one entry will be counted to give everyone a fair chance.  Hope you are having a sunny day wherever you may be!  Will talk to you tomorrow!

It's That Time of Year for a GIVEAWAY, Herbally Speaking!--U.S. READERS ONLY!

This Large Flat Rate Box Will Be Filled in the Brim!

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED AND THE WINNER HAS CLAIMED THE PRIZE!  Well, it is that time of year, my lovely blog readers!  GIVEAWAY TIME!  And this year unlike most years in the past, I am not exactly sure what will be in this large flat rate box!  I am pretty sure it won't need a drink or food when you get it!  Other than that it could be anything with an herbal theme and my fabulous raspberry jam and herbal jellies, of course!  I think you will be pleased with the choices.

OK, if you are new to this blog, you need to put a comment in this post only.  THIS GIVEAWAY IS FOR MY UNITED STATES READERS ONLY!  ONE ENTRY PER READER.  If you are connected to a blog, I will be able to reach you.  IF YOU ALWAYS POST AS ANONYMOUS BUT LEAVE A NAME AT THE END OF YOUR COMMENT, I WILL NEED YOU TO ALSO LEAVE AN EMAIL CONTACT.  If you are on the FACEBOOK side of my blog, I will again need you to post a comment on this post to be eligible.  THIS GIVEAWAY WILL END NEXT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2016 AT 1:00 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME.

Another gray day here and rainy.  Not complaining.  Could be snow!  Hope you are having a great day! I found a bunch of herbal bags brimming with material.  Fun and games, herbally speaking!  Talk to you tomorrow! 

Lots Going On, Herbally Speaking and Happy Thanksgiving!

Had a Fun Afternoon Learning About Pittsburgh Area Tea Businesses!

Finished The Gardener by Blackbird Designs for Me!

Took a Tea Blending Class at Rosemary House!

Fresh from the Oven Scones at Sweet Remembrances!

A Beautiful Piece of Embroidery by Bertha Reppert!

Hot Pepper Jelly with Cream Cheese on Whole Wheat with a Parsley Garnish!

Bonnie's Beautiful Table Decoration for the Western PA Unit's Meeting!

One of My Favorites, Alfajores--A Cookie from Peru and Argentina and Other South American Countries!

The time keeps flying by.  So here are some of the highlights since we last spoke.  Our growing season has definitely ended.  We did have a bit of snow on the ground.  Forgot to get a photo!  Bonnie and I have been to the first Pittsburgh Tea Festival.  I think we would say it was a big hit especially discovering all of the tea businesses in the 'Burgh!  I stocked up on a few different chai blends for the winter to come.  Just click on the link above and you will have most if not all of the links for the vendors that were present.  I hopefully will be talking about my favorites as last minute Christmas gifts in the coming days.

I have been already doing my counted cross stitch that I love so much and I have finished The Gardener by Blackbird Designs for me.  I started The Fairy Garden by the same designer, Blackbird Designs.  They also do quilting and rug hooking patterns!  Next Bonnie and I took a short road trip down to The Rosemary House and Sweet Remembrances in Mechanicsburg.  We took a tea blending class with Susanna on Tuesday night and then had our second afternoon tea of the year with Nancy at Sweet Remembrances Tea Room and I made it a surprise birthday party for Bonnie.  She was definitely surprised!  Please if you are in the Mechanicsburg, PA area, remember to check out the wonderful herbal items that Susanna and The Rosemary House have to offer and have afternoon tea with Nancy every Wednesday and the first Saturday of the month!  Now that she is decorated for Christmas, you must go and have tea if you can and then you can check out Rosemary House right next door!

My final activity of the month was attending the local Western PA unit of the Herb Society of America's monthly meeting about South American cooking with an emphasis on Argentina.  Of course, they talked briefly about my favorite, lemon verbena.  Hope to get to discuss the Genus Aloysia in the coming months.  Larger than I thought!  Bonnie was in charge of food and boy, these ladies and gentlemen enjoy good food!  So hope November has been good for you getting plants situated in their new homes for the winter if you live in the northern half of the U.S. and drying others to use for potpourris and teas.

Can't believe tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States!  A time to be with family and friends!  The Herbal Husband and I met on Thanksgiving 33 years ago!  Seems like yesterday!  We enjoy having our feet up between basting the turkey and watching football.  We are spending the day on our own which is how we like it these days.  Going to have rain for turkey day.  Hope you stay safe and reach your travel destination if family is far away.  Hoping to do 31 days of blogging in December!  Going to be doing a surprise herbal giveaway in the early part of December so you will have it for the holidays!  Will talk to you sooner than later.  Happy Thanksgiving from The Herbal Husband and I!

And The Winner Is. . .

Well I just wanted to thank everyone who participated in my little herbal giveaway and for all the lovely comments both here and on Facebook.  You are why I am still writing this little herbal blog.  You keep me inspired even though I may not be blogging each day.  As custom dictates, The Herbal Husband pulled the name out of the cheese basket.  Soo the winner of the herbal box is:

                        Sharon

Congratulations!  Please send me your mailing address to my Gmail account and we will get your box in the mail.  There may be an extra surprise in the box as well.  I HAVE HEARD FROM THE WINNER!  

We are going to be cooler and less humid today.  Hopefully easier to work in the garden.  Talk to you later.

The Infamous Cheese Basket!

If The Garlic Chives Are Blooming, It Must Be August and Other Herbal Thoughts!

Fall Is Approaching!

August means a couple of things for me in the herb garden!  Garlic chives will bloom and you must keep the flower heads clipped to keep them from spreading far and wide.  Also you need to be thinking about what you will be bringing inside in containers, harvesting plants for drying and/or freezing (which really you should have been doing all along) and for me I need to take stock of what herbs I will make into jelly.  Most of you don't have to worry about that.

Garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) do have a place in the herb garden.  The leaves give that garlic flavor that may be more palatable for some including me.  The white flowers add a pop of brightness to all of the other flowers in the herb garden and they keep attracting those wonderful pollinators that we need.  I just try to keep my garlic chives in a clump and dig out the extras.  They are a beautiful perennial addition to the herb garden.

It has been like a sauna and monsoon season at the same time here in the 'Burgh!  The herb garden is definitely lush.  The weeds are rampant as well!  Hopefully you have had a great day wherever you may be.  Don't forget my giveaway.  You can click on this link to leave a comment and hopefully win.  An All Homemade Herbal Giveaway!  The giveaway ends on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at Noon!  One entry per person please! 

An All Homemade Herbal Giveaway for My Eighth Blogversary! This Contest is Closed!

Homemade Fruit Jam and Herbal Jellies!

A Bottle of Purple Basil Vinegar!

Spiced Lavender Potpourri and a Selection of Herbal Teas Too!

Well, I have finally gotten around to putting together a giveaway for my readers in the continental United States.  Postage prices have just skyrocketed and so I must keep this giveaway to the lower 48 states.  As you can see above, you will get one jar of each of the following:

                                                  Raspberry Jam
                                                  Savory Grapefruit Jelly
                                                  Rose Geranium Jelly
                                                  Pineapple Sage Jelly
                                                  Tarragon Wine Jelly

I am including a bottle of Purple Basil Vinegar and a jar of Spiced Lavender Potpourri.  The tea selections will be 5 bags each of the Herbs of Shakespeare, Love of Lemon and Chamomile.  So the box may not be the biggest, but you will get the essence of my herb garden and the joy I have when I make these products.

So if you want to win this box, please leave a comment on this post or make a comment on the post on my Facebook timeline.  YOU MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE LOWER 48 STATES OF THE UNITED STATES TO WIN.  The contest will be open until next Sunday, August 21, 2016 at Noon E.D.T.  Good luck!  One entry per person please!

We have the extreme ickies and stickies here!  Just looking outside makes you drip!  It is quite seriously dangerous heat wise!  Lots of lightning and thunder and some downpours!  Hope you are having a great day wherever you may be!  Talk to you later!   

Eighth Anniversary of Lemon Verbena Lady's Herb Garden!

When I started this journey of writing about my herb garden, I never thought eight years later I would still be writing.  I hope in these last eight years you and I have both learned something new about herbs.

In the spirit of celebrating, I will be putting together a box for an herbal giveaway.  So stay tuned and hopefully later this week, I will be giving you the details of the box contents and how you can win them.

The day was beautiful in the herb garden.  Got a bunch of stuff done.  Actually looked at my work table as well.  What a mess, herbally speaking!  Hope you had a great day!  Will talk to you later.

Can't Believe I have been Writing About This Herb Garden for Eight Years!

And The Winners Are!

The Magic Cheese Making Basket!

The boxes are on their way to both ladies!  So something you have all been waiting for.  The drawing of the two names for the Herbal Holiday Box with jam and jelly.  And the winners are:

From Lemon Verbena Lady's Herb Garden:

Flower Lady Lorraine

From Herbaholic's Herbs and Facebook:

Khadijah Tracy 

Please get me your full name and mailing address as soon as you can and we will get them in the mail either later today or tomorrow.  Know that you will love each and every item that is enclosed.  Thanks again for entering my giveaway!  As soon as I know the information I will be posting another post later today!  Hope you are having a great day!  Talk to you later!

Staying Alive in the Herb Garden!

Salad Burnet with Frost!

Can't Believe I Still Have Fresh Tarragon!

Horehound Straggly But Still Alive!

This Calendula Still Has Buds to Bloom!

Pineapple Mint Still Going Strong and Now in My Lawn!

Will the Birds Eat My Beautyberries This Year?

Was walking around the herb garden and back garden yesterday.  It was cold enough to have frost, but here in the herb garden there are still definite signs of life in the herbs.  Some lose their flavor like the salad burnet.  It becomes herbal eye candy.  Others like chives hold their flavor for a long while.  Always surprised to see what has made it so far although we have not had winter yet in the 'Burgh!  We haven't even had measurable snow yet!  So it isn't surprising that these herbs have clung to life in the garden.  I am going to track if the birds and specifically the cardinals (I have heard) love the beautyberries.  Hopefully they will enjoy them over the winter season.  The purple berries make such a beautiful statement to the brown of the garden.

I hope you are having a wonderful day getting ready for the holiday season with your friends and family.  Let me know what's still around in your herb gardens.  A foggy and frosty day again here.  Going into the 50's.  Not very Christmas like around here.  Getting closer to the drawing for my jam and herbal jelly giveaway.  There is still time to enter at the link on my home page or click the link to the left.  Winners will be drawn from my blog and Facebook.  One entry per person please.  I'll talk to you tomorrow.

Blogging for 31 Days and My Annual Herb Jelly and Jam Giveaway for U.S. Readers Only!!

A Thanksgiving Blooming Cactus!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED AND THE BOXES HAVE BEEN GIVEN!  I am going to try something that I haven't done too well this season and that is to blog for 31 days straight through the end of the year.  I am going to set the posts up by weeks and just hit the publish button on the day required.  I am mainly going to go out discussing the herbs of the year savories because I started out strong and then fizzled toward the end of the year and it is that time already!  I also need to finish (because I just started) blogging about my latest trip to England.

Tarragon Wine, Raspberry Jam and Savory Grapefruit!

Additional Contents for Box 1

Additional Contents for Box 2

I also wanted to give two of my readers a chance to win one of two boxes, Lemon Verbena Lady's Herb Garden readers and Facebook friends.  In this large box will be herbal surprises and a selection of my herbal jellies and raspberry jam from this season.  This will included but not be limited to the following flavors I made this season: savory grapefruit, tarragon wine, rose geranium, pineapple sage, and lemon basil and of course, raspberry jam.

Box 1 includes some plant markers, herbal notecards and post-it notes, DIY tea bags, one tea towel, Herb Grower magazines from the 1950's and 3 candles.

Box 2 includes plant markers, herbal paper napkins, antique notecards, gardening notepad with magnets and pen, post-it notes with a gardening theme, Herb Grower magazines from the 1950's and 3 candles.

There maybe a couple of extras too in each box.  You wouldn't be able to choose.  Trust me!  You will enjoy everything in whichever box you receive and it will be in plenty of time for Christmas. You know the drill.  You must enter at this post, either here or on Facebook. If you are Anonymous, you must leave a real name or your contact information so we can get in touch if you win.  Please only readers in the U.S. are eligible.  One entry per person please.  The winners will be drawn from the magic cheese basket next Tuesday, December 8, 2016 at 10:00 AM EST.  Good luck to all!  And thank you for your support of my blog!

Celebrating Seven Years of Blogging!

An Herbal Bouquet for You!

This year of blogging has flown by without not too much writing from me!  My blogging experiment started because of the Reppert sisters blog, Rosemary's Sampler.  They are still going strong and always an inspiration!  Hopefully in year eight I will be a bit more verbose!  Blogging from different devices from my laptop has proved a challenge.  So I will limp along into the next year and hopefully be able to improve those skills.  Thought I should do a giveaway of some kind to celebrate.  What do you think?

The weather is getting hotter again.  The plants are in need of water after the first half of the year was too wet.  It has been a challenge.  Will think of something good to giveaway and I will be back next week with the details.  Enjoy your weekend.  Talk to you later.

And the Winners Are!

My Greek Cheese Making Basket Does the Trick!

Thanks to everyone who participated!  The Herbal Husband has picked the following winners one winner from the blog entries and one winner from Facebook entries and they are:

SUSANNE DRAZIC

KIM DAVIS WRIGHT

As soon as you can get me your addresses, we will pack up your boxes and get them to the post office.  It will probably be in the morning (Tuesday) because today is the craziest day of the year for the mail.  So you should still get them in plenty of time for Christmas entertaining.  The winners who entered on my blog post can e-mail me through my gmail account.  If you are my Facebook winner, you can message me or e-mail me through my gmail account, glenshawgalATgmailDOTcom.  Congratulations to you both!  Merry Christmas to all!

More Christmas Book Suggestions for the Beginning Herbalists!

A Beginning Guide from Rosemary Gladstar

Two Volumes from Henriette Kress for the Practical Herbalist!

Well, never in a million years would I think that I would be posting about medicinal herbal books, but here I am.  As I am getting older, I am turning to more herbal remedies.  I will not be prescribing for you, but will talk about my experiences and what successes I have had.  So we are less than two weeks away from Christmas and if you are still trying to find that perfect gift herbally speaking, I think I have some help.

Natural Health Magazine calls "Rosemary Gladstar one of the most influential herbalists."  I have always heard her name and when I had the chance to buy one of her latest books, Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs, A Beginner's Guide, I did so.  The book is divided into four chapters, Chapter 1 Welcome to the Wonderful World of Medicinal Herbs, which talks about what a medicinal herb is, how it is used, the benefits of medicinal herbs and starting a medicinal herb garden.  Chapter 2 How to Make Your Own Herbal Remedies talks about making tea, syrups, oils, salves, etc. and dosages and duration.  Chapter 3 9 Familiar Herbs & Spices to Grow and Use talks about very common herbs and spices like cinnamon and rosemary and that's why I thought this is something I could do myself.  Chapter 4 24 Safe & Effective Herbs to Know, Grow and Use.  Again,  I don't think there were any on this list that I hadn't heard of, such as chickweed and burdock, but I really don't know the medicinal value and I think I will enjoy learning about them.  Well, now I have a little more time to read and learn for next year's season!

The second books I would recommend come from an herbalist in Finland named Henriette Kress called Practical Herbs and Practical Herbs 2.  I have always said as always as long as you know the botanical name of the plant you are learning about, you will be able to read anyone's book from anywhere in the world.  These books were recommended by my herbal sister, Debs Cook in England.  She has never steered me wrong at least herbally speaking!  Henriette has basics for making various basic preparations in her first book and then a description of various herbs and some pages called quick helps.  Her second book has more recipes, a chapter on energetics whether an herb is hot or cold, dry or moist, a chapter on problems and the last chapter with a different description list of herbs than in the first book.  Again, I liked the information I found about heartburn.  As I read both of these books in more detail I will comment further.  Both of these women grew up with strong herbal backgrounds with family members.  I trust their opinions.  I was just given the name of a fourth book for you to consider.  Just ordered it on BookFinder.com.  It is called Herbal Home Remedy Book by Joyce Wardwell.  It was recommended by one of our members of Herbaholic's Herbs on Facebook.  Always learning something interesting about herbs from them.  Ms. Wardwell is an American and Sarah who recommended it to me says she recommends it as a beginning book in all of her workshops.  Thanks Sarah!  I'll put a photo up on this post when I get my copy!

My Joyce Wardwell Book Arrived!

All three books are very well written, have good photos and I think would give a beginner herbalist a great start.  Less than two weeks until Christmas.  You still have a chance to enter my giveaway.  Two people are winning this year!  Here is a link A Holiday Giveaway with a Lemon and Artemisia Twist!  U.S. Readers Only!  We will draw the winning names on Monday afternoon.  So check for a new post after 1:00 PM EST.  Maybe the winner will be you!  Cold and gray in the 'Burgh!  Typical winter day.  Hope you are having a great day wherever you may be!  Talk to you later!

A Holiday Giveaway with a Lemon and Artemisia Twist! U.S. Readers Only!

I Know You Can Always Use Jam and Jelly!

A Cleveland Sage Potpourri (with Sweet Annie) and Tarragon Vinegar!

A Herbal Notebook for Your Recipes, Designs or Thoughts!

Herbal Tea Bags for the Winter!

OK, here it is what some of you have been waiting for.  It doesn't look like the traditional basket I give.  This year it is all herbal items from my herb garden except for the notebook.  So here is the list you will receive should you win and BTW there will be TWO winners this year!

Each winner will receive 1 of each of the following:

Raspberry Jam
Lemon Basil Jelly
Lemon Verbena Jelly
Pineapple Sage Jelly
Rose Geranium Jelly

1 Jar of Cleveland Sage Potpourri (made with Sweet Annie, an artemisia)
1 Bottle of Tarragon Vinegar (and you can use the tarragon in the bottle like fresh)
1 Notebook
4 different tea blends (2 teabags of each)  Kittatinny Tea, Love of Lemon Tea, Une Tisane Francaise and Rosemary House's Tranquilla Tea.

I think this is a great gift box in time for the holiday season and to thank you for reading about my love of herbs.

This is only for my United States readers.  This giveaway will run from now until 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time next Monday, December 15, 2014.  If you are on Facebook, you can like or comment on this post and be entered.  Only one entry per person.  Please if you aren't a blogger, give me some contact information.  If you don't, I will not accept your entry.  Good Luck!  Hope you win!