Autumn Herbs

I have another blog called Amiable Blogservations which I am in the process of deleting.  I have written that blog for eight and a half years.  The question is, "should I delete it?"  It is peppered with socially incriminating discourse in it from the times that I have suffered from mania.  It has followers from all over the world, yet hardly any commentors.

I love herbs.  Here are a few growing in my garden this evening.

Lemon balm, which I make infusions of.  It is good for your nerves.  It is a balm and that is probably why it is called that!

Catnip, which my cat loves!

A motherwort transplant which is doing quite well.  This plant is also a good one to soothe the nerves.

Basil.  I want to make a batch of pesto before we get a frost!

Snowcapped Goldenrod at Twilight

I appreciate the simple things in  life.  Snow capped Goldenrod blowing in the wind.  I like the way the breeze picks up in the second video.

Nettles Anyone?

This is stinging nettle.

Some in my family make nettle tea.  Now is the time of year for a spring tonic.  Click here.

Link To Chive Girl....

http://amesababble.blogspot.com/2014/04/chive-girl.html

Chivegirl


This blog entry way put into Amiable Blogservations.....but has connections to Greenery.

Arachnid life in the Garden

This is a Garden Spider.  She wraps her meals in web prior to ingesting them and she might decide to eat the father of her young after making use of his presence.  She goes by Araneus Diadematus and is common in the North Eastern USA and in Europe.

Jungle in New York State 2013

Time stopped for me in the  Summer of 2013--but the garden weeds did not!

The Little Avocado Comes Back to Life

My little avocado plant dried out a bit last week.  I watered it and documented it's perking up process.

The trash can in the background is an aesthetic insult.  I used it to put  garden waste in.  Shortly after this photo sequence I repotted the  plant and gave her a bigger home for the winter.  Since it is starting to be frosty at night, I have her inside.  The plant in the background is a Lavender.  I have had it since I was in my apartment in 2005.  I decided to take it out of the pot and shake off the old dirt, and replace it with some fresh soil.  While doing that, I found an ant hill in the pot and many little red ants were scurrying around.  The lavender stays in the potting shed for the winter.  The fourth photo shows a little terra cotta pot in the background.  It has hens and chicks (a succulent plant) installed.  My father took that home to keep inside for the winter.

I grew this little avocado from a pit from an avocado fruit early in the spring of 2011.  My grand-daughter gave it a set back.  When it was about 7 inches high she yanked it out of the pot and snapped off the tip of the lead shoot, and pulled it out of the soil.  I tenderly replaced it and hoped it would not die.  The early cutting caused the seedling to shoot up two branches, where the one had been.  This plant is a survivor!