One of my favorite kitchen garden herbs is lemon balm. I grow it in the corner of my herb garden right beside the house, and it comes up every Spring, in early April it starts peaking it’s little green leaves above the ground.
Lemon balm is a member of the mint family, but for me it isn’t as invasive. It does spread a little each year, but a little weeding around the edges gets it back in check when it starts to get out of control. It’s easy to grow, since it’ll grow in full son or partial shade and it …read more

Last week, my medicinal indoor herb kit arrived. I opened it up – and started right then and there. My enthusiasm for this idea knows no bounds. Out of 12 herbs, I chose to grow Valerian, Lemon Balm, Milk Thistle, Echinacea, and German Chamomile.
After a week, some of the seeds have started sprouting…which proves that at least my thumbs are partly green. I took some fantastic pictures, but alas the usb port on my camera cable is bent, and so all pictures will have to wait, until I replace it.
Hopefully they will keep growing….I am getting …read more

This season, I am going to attempt to grow an indoor herb garden. I would really like to try to grow some medicinal herbs – just to see if there would be an improvement, if I grew them myself. Its a headspace thing! In order for me to understand how and why things work for me, I need to be involved in the whole process – and not just listen to someone else talk about it.
And so I am going to do a little experimenting with some herb growing. First step is to figure out what to …read more