Jacki Kellum
I currently live in the Ozark Mountains, but I grew up in the very flat cotton-farming countryside of the Bootheel of Southeast Missouri. That was a long time ago–a time when the kids helped pick the cotton during the fall.
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Nothing sings the song of autumn more eloquently than coneflowers withering on their stems. Mid-July I was at a nursery, purchasing a perennial that had passed its season, and I explained to the salesperson: “It’s ok. Spring will come again.
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I subscribe to the gardening principle that gardens should be layered, with taller plants in the back, medium-sized plants in front of those, and the shortest plants in front of the other two layers. The magazine Fine Gardening provided the
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French Endive or Witloof Chicory A Wholesome and Useful Winter Vegetable How to Grow. Sow the seed in Spring on well prepared land 1 ft. apart in rows, and thin out same as parsnips. Lift the roots in fall. These roots
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“Dill ’n’ Onion Dip” ⅔ cup mayonnaise ⅔ cup sour cream 1 tablespoon SPICE ISLANDS Shredded Green Onion 1 tablespoon SPICE ISLANDS Shredded Parsley 1 teaspoon SPICE ISLANDS Dill Weed 1 teaspoon SPICE ISLANDS BEAU MONDE Seasoning Mix together mayonnaise
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Pepper and Capsicums Pepper is the dried berry of the pepper-plant (Piper nigrum), a climbing vine ten to twelve feet high, indigenous to the East Indies, but cultivated in many tropical countries. White Pepper This is obtained by decorticating or
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Perfumes and Scented Waters “With the advent of advent of civilization and the beginning of culture, the ancient art of alchemy sprang up from learning to manipulate various substances. The religious rituals, the art of healing and the art of
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Medicinal and Occult Qualities PHYSICALLY APPLIED TO THE CUThRE OF ALL DISORDERS INCIDENT TO MANKIND: This old reference book contains illustrations, but they are not large enough to be of much use as far as an identification tool. I’ll supplement
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Early during the summer, I noticed that a glorious daisy-like flower had begun to grow wild in the middle of my gravel driveway. After several examinations of the plant, I realized that the plant was chicory, and my mind raced
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Better Homes and Gardens online has a great article that details the elements of a cottage garden, and one of those elements is that of curved, natural pathways. My garden is a veritable maze of curved pathways: “Create soft meandering
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