On a recent visit to Carnton Plantation, I had the pleasure of walking the gardens of this historic home.
For more information on our trip to Carnton Plantation, please visit our website at
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Filled with vegetables, fruit, flowers, and evergreens, it was a true delight.
If you want to view the gardens, take a peek at this video I put together after my tour.
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Here’s a great recipe I tried for my family last night using freshly picked apples from the local farmers market and anise hyssop out of our yard.
It was a big hit so I thought you might like to try it too. It’s a great way to use the bounty of your garden.
Apples with Anise Hyssop
24 anise hyssop leaves (washed)
1 cup water
1/2 cup honey (or sugar)
2 large apples peeled, cored and thinly sliced
Harvest your anise hyssop leaves from the top half of your plant. These have more essential oils and thus more flavor. Rinse off and let dry on a paper towel. Next, bring water and honey (or sugar) to a boil. Reduce heat and add anise hyssop leaves and simmer for ten minutes. Remove leaves and add thinly sliced apples and cook for 10 – 15 minutes or until done.
That’s it!
If you try it, let me know if you like it!
The Easy Bloom Plant Sensor is the hottest new tool in the gardening world for beginners as well as professionals.
Just stick it in the ground for 24 hours wherever you want some ideas of plants to grow or if you have a problem plant and want to know what the problem is. It even works indoors!
I was very skeptical at first, but I’ve seen nothing but rave reviews all year long.
Check out this video for more information.
If you’re interested in purchasing your own EasyBloom Plant Sensor
For an unbiased review, check out the video below. This is from a t.v. show so if you scroll to about the 24 minute mark you will see the review. It’s really good.
If your looking for a garden that is very low maintenance, and you have some shade, consider planting a shade or woodland garden.
These types of gardens consists of high canopy shade trees like oaks, pines, and poplars under-planted with smaller trees like Silver-bell and Sourwood.
Then mix in a collection of ferns, groundcovers, perennials, bulbs, vines and annuals that like shade and you’ve got yourself a nice garden that is easy to maintain.
Using as much native material as possible makes it that much better.
Start thinking about what you want to plant now and asses your site so that when fall is here, you are ready to plant.
If you need a landscape contractor to make some recommendations, I would certainly recommend Greathouse Landscape Company, Inc. Winners of the Best Landscaper in Nashville award during the Toast of Music City Contest sponsored by the Tennessean! Way to go guys!
Shade garden at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum
Here’s another great reason to join the Herb Society of America. As a member, you get to log into special areas of the website to find fun recipes like this one for herbal water.
I know many people don’t like the taste of water, maybe you are one of them. I can see why if you live in areas like Florida where the water used to taste terrible. Hopefully, it’s gotten better by now. Try this recipe out for a cool treat that’s healthy too!
Here’s the recipe for making your own herbal water as it was submitted by Karen Langan at the Herb Society of America website.
Herbal Water
1 handful of lemon balm
1/2 handful of pineapple sage
1/2 handful orange mint
1/4 handful mystery herb (like rose, lime basil, or rose scented geranium) in 2 quarts of water
Directions: Six hours before drinkin it, gather the herbs, wash them gently in cold water and place them in a jug of water. Place the jug in the fridge so that it is refreshingly chilled for family or guests. For a morning garden tour, make the night before.
Be sure and join the Herb Society of America by clicking here!
Want some free recipes? Grab your free instant download of our latest book Herbs For Your Health: How to Grow and Use Them at our website. Check it out here.
If you love herbs and want to know more about growing and using them, consider joining the Herb Society of America.
It’s dedicated to the promotion and education of the use of herbs through educational programs, research, and the sharing that goes on between its members.
If you are interested in herbs, then you qualify to join. Benefits include discounts on herb and garden books, as well as on merchandise, and access to HSA educational programs and library. Not only that, but you receive a 50% discount on a 1 year subscription to The Herb Companion magazine, reduced admission to many public gardens and arboretums, plant profiles, early access to The Society’s Seed Exchange and much more.
For more information on joining the Herb Society of America, please visit their website at http://www.herbsociety.org/.
If you would like to learn more about using and growing herbs through a free e-book I just published entitled Herbs For Your Health: How to Grow and Use Them, please click on the above link or visit our website at http://www.MidSouthGardeningAdvice.com/. With 124 pages of charts, pictures, and growing information, you are bound to find something you like!
Happy Gardening!
We’re getting pretty feed-up with how the deer are eating all they can find in our yard. So far, we are doing fairly well with using deer-off products such as Deer Scram Deer & Rabbit Repellent from Mastergardening.com, but I forgot that deer also like okra and portulica. Consequently, they have gotten the best of us with those two plants.
I’m excited to say that they haven’t eaten my hydrangeas that I love to dry. I owe that to the product mentioned above. I trained our beloved deer early in the season not to like those plants with weekly spraying for the first three weeks and once a month after that.
Although you can have success using such deer and rabbit off sprays, another great way to garden with deer is to plant deer-resistant annuals and perennials.
That brings us to our featured video this week which is the annual Salvia.
This plant is deer-resistant and fairly drought tolerant. It goes well in the front of your garden, drys well for arrangements (actually looks like lavender), and is good in fresh arrangements as well.
Click on the link below to check out the video of growing annual salvia on Youtube.
Salvia – A Great Deer-Resistant Annual
To learn more about growing salvia, please visit our website at www.MidSouthGardeningAdivce.com.
Spiny Bear’s Breeches is one perennial you need in your garden. This one plant has gotten more “wows” and “what is that plant” than any other in our 4 acre garden.
Use it in a full sun area or part shade. It will make a statement anywhere you put it.
Read more about it at www.MidSouthGardeningAdvice.com
Spiny Bear's Breeches
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