Honeysuckle

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 Honeysuckle is so divine!

Sitting there waiting for the right time!

The beauty of it's foliage sitting on the vine!

Makes me know that it's just about rhyme!

{Not always reason}

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Genus/latin: Lonicera

Species: periclymenum
found these other second names for the genus;
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera caprifolium (noted in use as an essense)
And the wild old wiki says;
 Widely known species include Lonicera periclymenum (European Honeysuckle or Woodbine), Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle, White Honeysuckle, or Chinese Honeysuckle) and Lonicera sempervirens (Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, or Woodbine Honeysuckle).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeysuckle

Oh, and they talked about the humming birds liking them, which is a very good thing because the neighbors cut down the wonderful charished trumpet vine that my bestie planned before I lived here. God Bless her soul! I miss her. I did get some mallow that her and I planted 11 years ago. It will travel with me and I have already planted some on the island back in November. It wintered soo well! :D
Note to self; look these up.

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These photo(ed) honeysuckle of mine blooms in yellow flowers and are very deliscious!

Red Clover, red clover; Send your beautiful buds over! :D

Here is my favorite life long herb!
The photo was taken 03.11.12. I haven't had a chance to look at it since. I don't think it is doing anything yet. And to my dismay, my little red clover field looked like it didn't even have one mound yet. Strange! IDK~~~Just roll with it then, right? :D

I remember driving to a big festival called the Further fest.
We went down toward the southern Oregon Coast. It was just about an hour past dawn and the dew was evaporating in an already warm summer day.
We drove over the crest of a rolling hill among many
When a whiff of something otherworldly divine hit me!
I was transformed, but had to stop to see what it was.
I squinted to see that the field was a total field of red clover!
It was instantanious love!
Thank you God! Thank you MOTHER NATURE! You are divine!


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fr; astrology.com and iVillage

According to agricultural seasonal calendars, parsley is the herb most associated with the month of March as it is plentiful right now. Many holistic practitioners advocate chewing on parsley for halitosis or bad breath. But did you know that eating parsley is also believed to provoke a lusty libido and enhance fertility? Legend tells that the ancient Romans would tuck a sprig of parsley into their togas in order to promote its protective properties. The Romans also placed parsley on plates of food in order to safeguard from poisoning. In Feng Shui philosophy, parsley is often used in purification efforts, particularly in a detox bath. Bathing in parsley is believed to ward off evil and put an end to negativity, bad luck and plain old misfortune. If you want to change your luck, add two cups Epsom salts and a handful of fresh parsley to bathwater. Soak for at least twenty m inutes in order to cleanse and clear your aura and to send bad juju down the drain!     astrology.com


©Allisonians {'tis my silly parsley photo, not my words}

Violet Sundry

My tiny violet managery wants expansion so bad!
I will have to build it a new, bigger spot! It has lived on my stairs for 6 years!
I have divided it once, and see that it needs some dividing and refreshing asap!
I will attempt a tiny bit of violet syrup tonight! Cheers!
Then it's off to use my bramble root for vinegar!
3 Cheers!
And we're having a baby tonight!
Congratualtions, or nearly, to the PROUD new parents! I cannot wait to meet her!
With Love, Allison

Tiny Treats! I could live in a field of violets and johny jump-ups!

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From the Garden Weeds to the Kitchen please; this pleases me sooo much!

Well I have to say that my two weeks with guests(in and out and about) was quite lovely! I have a bit of a void as they now have left!

So, I had collected some cleavers and had them in the fridge for a couple of days. I used them in a vegtable soup that was devine. I cooked the veggies (anything in the fridge soup style). I used, carrots, cabbage, onion, potatos and soysauce.
Boiled this.
Then into the blender per serving I added fresh cleavers, chickweed and garlic with the boiled soup. I used more veggies than broth to thicken it and visa versa for a thinner variety, and the fact that the veggies were gone and I wasn't done eating! It was amazing!).
I then added a tiny bit more soy sauce.
I must say that it was just what I needed.

So, today I made a veggie blender juice with
LOTS of
Cleavers,
a little water,
Some
Carrots,
an Apple,
and
an Orange.
It was very thick!

I thought, "Oh, this might be good to use in a carrot cake(muffin for quicker baking time)! And IT WAS~!
To my Muffins;
I also added,
apple chopped,
raisins,
orange rind with a tiny bit of the orange attached,
  and
wheat bran.

I used the carrot cake recipe in the Moosewood Cook Book. I will find the link, or put the recipe in post haste, but it's off to work I go for now!

3 Cheers!
I miss you sooo much Jay and Kay!
Heaps and Heaps! As they say!

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Coconut

http://blog.drsinatra.com/blog/heart-health-nutrition/coconuts-for-heart-health

Evening Primrose and Cowslip; hm.....

My Evening Primrose double.
Transplanted late last fall.


In the evening I will call you
lightly, slightly calling back
Do you see me in the darkness
Bring your good dream knack!
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So the Primrose and the cowslip are very similar.
Cool.....Beautiful..... THIS PHOTO IS EVEING PRIMROSE.....

Violets in March 2012

Violet Solo

Violet from my Father's home

Are all that I have left

Of a time that is in my mind

And in my heart will stead

Violet from a time gone by

To a time of new.

Do you know the day that I

Fell in love with you?

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These are some of the violets I will use
to make my violet syrup with bramble root vinegar.

Taheebo; Pau d' Arco

Taheebo
You grow some in Florida and some in South and Central America, but mostly known to those from the Incas, Aztecs and Indio tribes.
Your flavor is definitive.
The taste and fragrance of wood in it's dry hut otherland which places itself on the back of my tongue(and back sides of my tongue).
Your unusually sweet wood flavor is unique of the volcanic pebbled beaches that I imagine.\

My wood in winter use;
I took the tea of Taheebo for about one month every day about three time a day.
The first few days brought me to a clearing in my head. My body responded and calmed itself.
After about 3 weeks I had guests and my routine was changed. I stopped using the tea. Then I offered it to my guests one day and had some myself and realized that I had gone back to some unease I had had before I started using it. I returned to using it again about once a day.
I am most grateful for Pau d' Arco [Taheebo]
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reference link;
http://www.paudarco.com/

Chickweed; today I found chickweed on the island! I also found a bit of cleavers!

Chickweed
Your freshness is awakening in a dismal day.
You communicate the great sun ray.
Your kind flavor sends my self to anew.
You rejuvenate a tire hue!
Thank you Chickweed, Thank you!
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Greene Dean's Chickweed Id video Link;