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 …
Tag Archives: Gardens
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 …
Idylls of Cuisine #19
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Idylls of Cuisine #15
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.] And a Web site on medieval herb gardens, for the perennially curious …
Gardening at the White House
A history of American gardens, a part of the “Eat the View” effort to turn the 18 acres of the …
The Garden of Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Sometimes I close my eyes and just remember, remember being in ___ [name of place] and then it was just …
