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It’s good for you
by Christine Berglund Kale was certainly my least favorite vegetable growing up. Perhaps it is because we ate so much of it, and it was served with plain boiled potatoes, which I still dislike. No...
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Are we there yet?
by Christine Berglund Changes, changes, changes. The second herb garden is now a daylily bed with very few herbs in it. They have been moved farther north to get more sun. Originally the herbs were in...
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After its kind
by Christine Berglund When the good Lord made the earth, he set in motion the laws of Nature. Plants reproduce after their kind (Genesis 1:11, 12). He put the DNA material in them to allow hybridizers...
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Numbering our Days
by Christine Berglund There are now seventy-one days left until the first expected frost, for most of Middle Tennessee, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. This might leave time for another crop of...
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As the Twig is Bent
by Christine Berglund My lovely Weeping Corkscrew Willows, Salix Matsudana Tortuosa, have always been bent and twisted. It’s a defining feature of the tree, and it adds texture to the garden as the...
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Think souls
by Christine Berglund My father used to say: “The onion is the only vegetable with a soul. It can get downright rotten, but inside there is something that will live and grow again.” As with many of...
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Same old same old
by Christine Berglund The Cleome flowers growing along the fence look identical to what they looked like a month ago-–at least at first glance. The flower heads look the same, and they have spidery...
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Tasty
by Christine Berglund The chartreuse pop of color that my marjoram displays is a nice contrast to the plainer green in the herb bed. As a matter of fact, that might be the only reason that it’s there....
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Fallen!
by Christine Berglund This brings to mind one of my favorite old recipes, the one for squash souffle. As any good cook knows, a souffle is supposed to stay puffed up after baking. I had nicknamed this...
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Call it like I see it
by Christine Berglund Asarina Scandens is the “real” name of the purple-flowering vine that graces my arbor. In other gardens, it is simply known as “Snapdragon Vine.” Yes, it does resemble...
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