Tag Archives: plants

May the 4th Be With You!

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Green Farmacy Garden

Happy Naked Gardening Day! And May Day, and Beltane! So many opportunities to celebrate the height of Spring 🙂 In the Garden Terraces, Crampbark (Viburnum opulus), Hardy Orange (Citrus trifoliata), and Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) have finished blooming. Leaves of biennials … Continue reading →

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Turning the Wheel to Welcome Autumn

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Green Farmacy Garden

As the plants near completion of their annual cycle, so too do all the animals whose lives are linked to theirs.  This past month in the garden we’ve witnessed a cicada killer seizing a cicada; a tiger swallowtail butterfly escape … Continue reading →

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Things Go Better With Bitters

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Green Farmacy Garden

Article published in Pathways Magazine Winter 2012-13 issue: By Jim Duke and Helen Lowe Metzman Jim’s Rant on Bitters: Where once the green trees were kissed by the sunrise There’s a highrise ‘tween the sunrise and the smog in your … Continue reading →

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Plant Rant: Jim Duke’s Herb a Day on St. John’s-[Wort] Day

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Green Farmacy Garden

Celebrating Saint John, June 24 (adapted, edited and updated from Jim’s “electronic online newsletter” archives from 2001 and 1989) The week spanning Father’s Day (June 17, 2001) to St. John’s Day (June 24, 2001), stresses a saintly plant, St. John’s-wort, … Continue reading →

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