A Florida Rock Garden

If you find that many of your favorite culinary herbs wilt, “melt,” and otherwise succumb to the Florida heat and humidity, consider creating a rock garden. After years of basically abandoning the “kitchen” garden during the summer, I finally decided to return to a passion of my childhood. When I was growing up New Jersey [...]

Posted in At Flying Cactus Farm, Culinary Herbs, Musings on July 18th, 2008
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A Gift of Cooling Purslane

My new friend disappeared under a canopy of summer squash plants, and when she reappeared she was waving a plant, roots and all. “Is this purslane?” she asked. “Looks like it from here,” I responded. I had just enjoyed a stimulating and intriguing tour of a special homestead that is a heady blend of pioneer [...]

Posted in Musings, Portulaca pilosa, Summer herbs and plants on June 27th, 2008
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