Dark Jungle

     For the past few years, I have been working wicked long hours at the hospital and been too tired for much afterward. It was probably a good thing to channel my energy in that way, but for now I am pleased to be able to spend a few minutes here and there with my precious plants. This year I plan on saving all the cannas from the freezing cold. I have moved most of them to the back porch, which is going to be a new post Thanksgiving ritual. 

     It helps that I have been planting them in pots so I dont lose them in the soil, then lose them again to frost. I particularly enjoy the pot in pot method of gardening. I also practice lasagna gardening, as in, these plants are all grown in mulch with rabbit poo on top.

     I will be particularly pleased if the dwarf black taro and the purple leaved orange cannas survive. I also enjoy the bip pink cannas and thr yellow cannas. The red are almost too big for containers!

     If I am able to save enough, I might have a big enough yield to sell some next spring.

Amp Up Immunity

     This is an illustration in a magazine called Natural Awakenings. I find it awesome that ginger is in the picture twice. Some excellent examples of tea ingredients.