Zeedman
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DW liked to hang sheets & blankets on the clothes lines to dry. She said it made them smell like sunshine.
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Zeedman
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Instant... non-caffeinated... herbal tea. Mind blown. 
A good late-night drink (drinking decaf coffee somehow feels like sacrilege).
A good late-night drink (drinking decaf coffee somehow feels like sacrilege).
peteyfoozer
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I have some basil, chamomile and cilantro in the greenhouse window. The little flower on the chamomile are making it a little easier to get through the winter. I need to divide my comfrey when it comes up again because I can’t keep the salve I make with it in stock. It sold out the first day. I didn’t expect that, so this summer I will have to keep drying leaves and storing them so I can make it year round.
And, to my great embarrassment, I had to BUY plantain leaves as this ranch is apparently the only place on earth it doesn’t grow. I need a weed section in my garden for all the medicinal herbs. Does anyone else have a section for these?
Snowing here so coffee time is still on at 3 pm
And, to my great embarrassment, I had to BUY plantain leaves as this ranch is apparently the only place on earth it doesn’t grow. I need a weed section in my garden for all the medicinal herbs. Does anyone else have a section for these?
Snowing here so coffee time is still on at 3 pm
Dahlia
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I agree! I love the smell of clothes that dried with the help of a fresh breeze!DW liked to hang sheets & blankets on the clothes lines to dry. She said it made them smell like sunshine.
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Same here.
We've had many a house fire start through dryers.
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I've never heard of Jujube. I'll have to look this up. That reads as a nice tea. I like gingerInstant... non-caffeinated... herbal tea. Mind blown.
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baymule
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My clothesline is on my front porch. It’s covered, so I ran wire from post supports. It works for me and no wire out in the yard to duck under.I have lots of room, but still can't figure out where to put a new clothes line. The one that was here had posts that rotted out, but the location was terrible, back of the house, under trees, bird droppings on your clothes all of the time!!
When we lived in town, with a 1/4 acre lot, somebody had put in a 4 line clothesline and I used it ALL OF THE TIME!
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I do my drying in my living room. Yes, I know unsightly but I know it's clean and fresh and I rarely have visitors.
Call me a grumpy old lady but I like it that way 
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digitS'
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Finished my cream of wheat and cranberries, oolong. Can move on to herbal – licorice root, spearmint, stevia and orange zest.
I may try the stevia again but buying plants provided very little growth and starting seed in 2024 was a disaster. I have used up the frozen anise hyssop. That was a surprise but, evidently, I put so much emphasis on the 2 lemon verbena plants that I neglected to harvest enough of it's partner, the anise hyssop.
It's okay because I like the lemon verbena by itself, although admittedly, I have been putting the stevia with it. I could use the licorice root but question the safety of that since it's in my 3 morning cups of tea.
The spearmint plants and anise hyssop plants that self-sow and are perennials as well, don't really count as weeds but are a bit invasive, @peteyfoozer . I have to keep their invasive nature in mind when tending the perennial bed. Making use of the spearmint is somewhat new and there was only fresh harvesting in 2024. I really should try the peppermint and apple mint since they are also out there. Catnip falls fairly low on my preference list and I am not about to mix it with my preferred herbs. It is available in the neighbors' yards and a few plants may be in mine but I am not gonna tolerate many.
Other Weeds? I miss having the pigweed and lambs quarters showing up, as they cheerfully did in other gardens over the years. Miss them but not quite enough to grow them intentionally here at home.
I may try the stevia again but buying plants provided very little growth and starting seed in 2024 was a disaster. I have used up the frozen anise hyssop. That was a surprise but, evidently, I put so much emphasis on the 2 lemon verbena plants that I neglected to harvest enough of it's partner, the anise hyssop.
It's okay because I like the lemon verbena by itself, although admittedly, I have been putting the stevia with it. I could use the licorice root but question the safety of that since it's in my 3 morning cups of tea.
The spearmint plants and anise hyssop plants that self-sow and are perennials as well, don't really count as weeds but are a bit invasive, @peteyfoozer . I have to keep their invasive nature in mind when tending the perennial bed. Making use of the spearmint is somewhat new and there was only fresh harvesting in 2024. I really should try the peppermint and apple mint since they are also out there. Catnip falls fairly low on my preference list and I am not about to mix it with my preferred herbs. It is available in the neighbors' yards and a few plants may be in mine but I am not gonna tolerate many.
Other Weeds? I miss having the pigweed and lambs quarters showing up, as they cheerfully did in other gardens over the years. Miss them but not quite enough to grow them intentionally here at home.
flowerbug
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lambsquarters could be called groundhognip as they seem to really like it when it grows in the gardens here. i try to let some of it flower and set seeds here or there so it can come up the next years but it also does attract the groundhogs so i don't really want a lot of it around - especially inside the fenced gardens.
