On My Mind… Heirloom Roses

The hemisphere I live in is fast approaching winter. It was gloomy, a little snowy and cold when I came home and found my Heirloom Roses catalogue in the mailbox. I changed into some comfy fleece pants, made a cup of tea with both rosehips and rose petals and settle back to enjoy the catalogue with visions of spring dancing through my mind. As I wishfully peruse each page, I read each flowers description with the avidness of a wine connoisseur reading the wine list at an upscale eatery…the fragrance is my weakness, with the actual beauty being secondary.  Tess of the d’Urbervilles, fragrance: exceptional, Myrrh; Lexy, fragrance: Moderate, Spicy; Crocus Rose, fragrance: Very, Tea; Lilian Austin, fragrance: Very, Clove; Strawberry Hill, fragrance: Very, Myrrh/Lemon; Tea Clipper, fragrance: Very, Citrus; CL Iceberg, fragrance: Moderate, HONEY!!!; Galaway Bay, fragrance: Very, Old Rose; Creme de la Creme, fragrance: Moderate, Fruity; Veilchenblau, fragrance: Very, Orange; Cecile Brunner: fragrance, Light, Pepper, Spice… I have a giddy, heady feeling just reading these descriptions.

I will eventually come down to earth and sort through first by fragrance, then by beauty and bloom time, of course, keeping in mind my actual planting zone, but in the meantime… what is on my mind is fragrance…and away I drift on a waft of rose scent….

This is my contribution to Herbology’s What’s on my mind blog post.

Big herbal and honey hugs, and a bit of rose scent thrown in, to all who visit Comfrey Cottages xxx

Congratulations to Anke Bialas and Herbology at Home

Wow, my friend Anke’s Making Herbal Remedies (Herbology at Home) is #5 on Amazon’s bestseller list in the herbal remedies category! Congratulations Anke! 

I wrote about Anke and and this first of a series of three books Anke will be writing, (Making Herbal Remedies, 50 Herbs for the Home and Growing Herbs), previously on this post.

For those of you who don’t know it, a few months back I asked Anke if Comfrey Cottages could hook on to her Herbology site. I just wanted to do something to help support her efforts, and thought that might be one way:) I am honored that there is a button on the site with Comfrey Cottages name on it now:) So whether you access Herbology  via the computer, iphone or ipod, you can also follow Comfrey Cottages via Herbology through those gadgets also:) For someone who didn’t even own a computer before 6 years ago, this is quite heady stuff!!

If you haven’t visited Herbology yet, I suggest you do and see just what all you have been missing! Simply a lovely site keeping the old herbal traditions alive, with cool modern touches and applications:)

Again, congratulations Anke! xx

Big herbal and honey hugs to all who visit Comfrey Cottages xx