Jacki Kellum
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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Container Planting – Jacki Kellum Garden Before this year, I never grew annuals, other than impatiens, zinnias, sunflowers, and lantana. But this year, I have bought several container plantings, such as this one which has purple Angelonia, pink Penta, white
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In his introduction to The Cottage Gardener’s Companion: A Seasonal Guide to Plants & Plantings for Informal Gardens, Douglas Taylor said that cottage gardens are like horses. They are easier to recognize than they are to describe: “Perhaps the chief
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While it might seem that it isn’t important, understanding your soil’s PH level is very important, and I have discovered that most cottage garden flowering plants need soil that is more on the alkaline side of the spectrum. Alyssum “Lobularia
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Butterflies consider several types of milkweed plants to be desirable for places to lay their eggs, and I’ll tell you about some of the milkweed plants that I have grown. Swamp Milkweed or Asclepias incarnata Monarch Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed
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Daylilies arrive just in time to hide the foliage of the iris that have completed their bloom cycle. In the above photo, the iris foliage is the dark bluish green in my garden that day. For may years, I was
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