Ann Loves Plants

Tag: edibles

  • Planning and Watching the Garden in June

    Unknown Cistus from the neighborhood. Finally started walking around the neighborhood again. I cannot say enough about how badly chronic back injuries need to be moved. It is amazing how intensely my back can hurt and yet a nice long walk can make it all go away. Still waiting for the Dracunculus vulgaris to open.…

  • Cloudberries and a Kabocha Squash

    Reproduction of a painting by the Swedish botanist C. A. M. Lindman taken from Bilder ur Nordens Flora (first edition published 1901–1905). Recently a Finnish friend of mine asked me to pickup some Cloudberry Preserves for him from a local import store we have here in the Portland Metro area (Scandia Imports). Since he travels…