The Random Herbalist: Monks and Plant Migration
Along with dill, which we’ve briefly brushed by, other plants also traveled with the monks as they made their way …
Monthly Archives: July 2009
The Random Herbalist: The Roman Influence on Monastic Gardens
With this post, I celebrate a year of writing “Gherkins & Tomatoes!” Thank you so much to everyone who visits …
The Random Herbalist: St. Gall, A Model Garden Plan?
[NOTE: I'd like to thank the readers of Gherkins & Tomatoes for their patience this summer --- in the last …
The Random Herbalist: The Hortus Eremitje
Charlemagne had a shovel in every monastic garden, or so it seems:* As early as the days of Charles the …
The Random Herbalist: Books About Monastic and Medieval Gardens
I find the following books enlightening, soothing, and motivating. My plan is to create/design a medieval/monastic herb garden over the …
Idylls of Cuisine #23
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
The Random Herbalist: Gregor Mendel
Medieval monks knew a great deal about plants and their characteristics. And so did monks of later times. Take the …
The Random Herbalist: The Monastic Physic Garden
Most of the gardens originally associated with monasteries contained numerous plants used for medicinal purposes. And, if nothing else, at …
The Random Herbalist: An Introduction to Early Monastic Gardens
A series on monastery cooks (“At the Tables of the Monks“)*, and a recent comment on the impact of medieval …
Slapdown Corner: For the Love of Food!
Like a pot of water heating on the fire, the “meaning of foodie” conversations percolating out there come to boil …
