Lemon Verbena Lady's Herbal Year in Review-2012

January-A Bit of Snow Covering the Herb Garden

February-Always Nice to See the Herb Garden in Winter

March-The Apothecary's Rose Has Come to Life

April-The Herb Garden Made the Herb Society of America's Calendar

May-Lemon Verbena Coming Back in the Herb Garden

June-My First Attempt at a Video in the Herb Garden

July-The Last Time I Had a Repost in The Herb Companion

August-Was the Year for Sunflowers in the Garden

September-Last Issue of The Herb Companion Sold

October-'Cup of Sun' Nasturtiums Were Wonderful

November-Lemon Verbena Thriving on a Western Facing Windowsill

December-The Herb Garden As We Began 2012 Covered with Snow

 I'm not sure how we got to this point already!  New Year's Eve and the end of 2012.  I think overall it was a good year in the herb garden and in the garden overall.  The Herbal Husband and I got it back into shape after being away a lot of last year.  We had very hot early and then we cooled down for the end.  Seems like we started with and ended with a blanket of snow.  February and March were mild by winter standards in southwestern Pennsylvania.  The herb garden was a calendar selection in the Herb Society's calendar for 2012 in April.  May brought the triumphant return of the lemon verbena from the ground in the herb garden.  One of my greatest achievements in 2012!  In June I attempted a video tour of the herb garden.  July brought the last repost of my guest blog, The Herb Channeler for The Herb Companion magazine.  August was sunflower month in the garden.  They were gorgeous!  September brought the end of The Herb Companion magazine after almost 24 years of publication.  October was the month of nasturtiums.  November should be a highlight of Thanksgiving, but no we bring you my lemon verbena in a container on a windowsill in full leaf!  It is usually two sticks when it comes inside. December has been cold these last few days and finally snowy!  I had a few trips to NYC and southeastern PA with my friend, Bonnie.

I have started guest blogging for Mother Earth Living magazine, but I have also decided to take a short break from that to do some research and refresh my herbal mind.  I'll be back blogging for them in March, 2013.  As for resolutions, I'm not big on that.  I have been going through the 1,100 plus posts and trying to make them more finder friendly.  I'm not sure I'm succeeding.  I have pulled out a few of the classic and contemporary herbal authors and their books and may do some posts on their herbal lives and thoughts.  I also need to get down to my workspace and do some herbal tea blends cause it is just too cold out there at the moment and too white with snow.  So if you have any thoughts about what you want to hear and see in 2013 from Lemon Verbena Lady, please let me know.  Oh, I may try to do a few more videos in 2013.  I would like to say Happy New Year to all of my blogging friends and faithful readers!  May we all have a peaceful and safe celebration for the new year!  See you in 2013!

Garden Railroad at Longwood!

Well, without permission I took a video of this little boy at the Garden Railroad at Longwood.  He was just so excited.  I think you will enjoy it.  It is just raining cats and dogs here.  I think we got the California rain because it is still mild but the cold weather is on the way.  Hope your day is going well.  Talk to you later.

Another Brief Bee Hive of Activity!

We were out in the garden the other day and were thinking about pulling out the arugula, but we just couldn't because of all of the bees that were swarming around.  It was fun to watch all of the activity so I thought you would enjoy it as well.  A beautiful day here in the 'Burgh.  Made some raspberry jam this morning.  Dusting books and bookcases this afternoon.  Hope you are having a great day.  Talk to you later.

A Bee Hive of Activity!

Well, we are going to try another video!  This was yesterday and I was working on the maintenance path and very close to the mountain mint and the humming sound was wonderful.  So hopefully you will get a sense of how great it was.  Hope you are having a great day.  Talk to you later.

A Video Tour of the Herb Garden, Sort of!

Well, I don't think I will win an Oscar, but after almost a year of owning my camera, I discovered that it is fairly easy to make videos.  I promise to do a little better job next time!  Since the batteries didn't run right out, I'll maybe focus on just one herb in the next opportunity.  I thought you would like seeing what is really going on in my herb garden instead of a static photo.  I was weeding in the back gardens and really enjoying the quiet (except for the motorcycles) and the birds singing.  The temperatures are going to cool off starting Monday.  So let me know what you think.  Probably using up a lot of photo storage!  Talk to you later.