NC Unit, Herb Society of America, Inc.
2025 - 2026 Program Schedule
Explore the wonderful world of growing herbs in your
outdoor/indoor garden with our members.
outdoor/indoor garden with our members.
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"Rich in emerald-green foliage and cobalt-blue skies, decked with the dainty pink of countless wild roses, and attuned with the songs of many birds, the month of June is the most beautiful one of all the year." From Familiar Features of the Roadside, F. Schuyler Mathews, D. Appleton & Co., 1897 Photo - wild rose on Schoodic Peninsula in Maine c. K. Schlosser |
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Native Herbs for Summer.....
Salvia border at the National Herb Garden in Washington, DC c. Anne Abbott
Clintonia umbellulata,,,,,, K. Schlosser
CHERISHED RECIPES FROM YEARS AGO
Ginger Apples
"A pretty Dessert Dish" Ingredients 1-1/2 oz. of whole ginger 1/4 pint of whiskey 3 lbs. of apples 2 lbs. of white sugar the juice of 2 lemons Bruise the ginger and put it into a small jar; pour over sufficient whiskey to cover it, and let it remain for 3 days. Cut the apples into thin slices, after paring and coring them. Add the sugar and the lemon-juice, which should he strained. Simmer all together very gently until the apples are transparent, but not broken. Serve cold, and garnish the dish with slices of candied lemon-peel or preserved ginger. From The Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton, 1859. Homemade Ginger Extract Blend clean, thumb-sized pieces of ginger root with one cup of 80proof vodka in a blender. (If you don’t grow your own ginger, it is available in the produce section of many grocers.) Add more ginger pieces until you reach a consistency of applesauce. Empty the mixture into a clean pint-size Mason jar and add more vodka until there is about two inches of liquid above the blended ginger. Put the lid on the jar and shake. Check on the jar the next day and add more vodka so there is still two inches of liquid on top of the ginger. After two weeks, strain off the liquid, which is your extract. You can store the extract on the shelf with other extracts. The extract can be used in many recipes or to make ginger tea. You might also try making a refreshing summer beverage by adding some of the extract to club soda and a little honey. Recipe by D. Granoff in New Jersey. Appeared in The Herb Quarterly, Summer 1997. |
Plant a Tea Garden
Anise hysop, Agastache foeniculum New Jersey Tea, Ceanothus americanus Sweet fern, Comptonia peregrina Wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens American pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides Lemon beebalm, Monarda citriodora Oswego Tea, Monarda didyma Horsemint, Monarda punctata Mountain mint, Pycnanthemum montanum Short toothed Mountain mint, Pycnanthemum muticum Narrow-leaf mountain mint, Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Winged sumac, Rhus copallinum Smooth sumac, Rhus glabra Sweet goldenrod, Solidago odora Black birch, Betula lenta Persimmon, Diospyros virginiana Spicebush, Lindera benzoin Spice Up Your Recipes Nodding wild onion, Allium Cernuum Wild ginger, Asarum canadense Toothwort, Cardamine concatenata Common juniper, Juniperus communis Wax myrtle, Morella cerifera Wooly sweet cicely, Osmorhiza claytonia Redbay, Persea borbonia Mexican oregano, Poliomintha bustamonte Sassafras, Sassafras albidum One of the best bits of advice to gardeners was given by Alexander Pope, writing in 1738, as he encouraged gardeners to
“consult the genius of the place in all.” To build, to plant, whatever you intend, To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let Nature never be forgot. But treat the goddess like a modest fair, Nor overdress, nor leave her wholly bare; Let not each beauty ev'rywhere be spied, Where half the skill is decently to hide. He gains all points, who pleasingly confounds, Surprises, varies, and conceals the bounds. Epistles to Several Persons: Epistle IV Horticultural History in Rare Books
George Ellwanger was a young hoticulturist from Germany who ran the Rochester Seed Store and Horticultural Repository in the 1830s. H eventually bought the company, changing the name to Mount Hope Gardens and Nursery. It became one of the largest in the world, incoorporating more than 600 acres and employing as many as 500 people during the summer months. In 1889, Mr. Ellwanger wrote a book called The Garden's Story, a collection of essays based on the seasons of the year. In describing a proper garden, Mr. Ellwanger gives the "two tables of stone" for gardeners: I Whatever is worth growing at all is worth growing well. II Study soil and exposure, and cultivate no more space than can be maintained in perfect order. III Plant thickly; it is easier and more profitable to raise flowers than weeds. IV Avoid stiffness and exact balancing, garden waves and garden flowers need not necessarily be used in pairs. V A flower is essentially feminine, and demands attention as the price of its smiles. VI Let there be harmony and beauty of color. Magenta in any form is a discord that should never jar. VII In studying color effects, do not overlook while as a foil; white is the lens of the garden's eye VIII Think twice and then still think before placing a tree, shrub, or plant in poisition. Think thrice before removing a specimen tree. IX Grow an abundance of flowers for cutting; the bees and butterflies are not entitled to all the spoils. X Keep on good terms with your neighbors; you may wish a large garden favor of them some day. XI Love a flower in advance, and plant something every year. XII Show me a well-ordered garden, and I will show you a genial home. |
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