Rosemary's Sampler

An informative sampling focused on herbs and tea with an occasional sprinkling of fairy dust and a glimpse into family activities too. The contributions to this blog are the combined efforts of the sisters of The Rosemary House and Sweet Remembrances.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Nature Journaling

Instructor, artist, and neighbor Patti VanBrederode shared with us the many aspects of Nature/Garden Journaling. Garden Journaling tends to...

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Distilling Lavender and other herbs

Tina Sams of The Essential Herbal Magazine has a tabletop size glass still. Peace Valley Lavender Farm , has a copper still going in the b...

Monday, July 11, 2011

Lovely Lavender

Lavender comes in two basic varieties Angustifolia (including lavender Munstead, Hidcote, Twickle, Jean Davis and others) it has a sweeter ...

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Willow Pond Farm Lavender Festival

Always held on the weekend of Father's Day, participation in this annual event has become a Rosemary House tradition. Willow Pond Farm h...

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Peace Valley Lavender Farm

The lavender was in full bloom during our recent traveling herb seminar to Peace Valley Lavender Farm. It smelled as good as it looked! Peac...

Friday, July 8, 2011

The Carousel Farm

The Carousel Lav ender Farm in Mechanicsville, PA (We are MechanicsBURG, PA) was a part of our Lovely Lavender Traveling Herb Seminar #75. W...

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Pennsbury Manor Gardens

Our recent tour to Pennsbury also included a tour by Michael Johnson, the Curator of Living Things. He did an informative garden tour whil...

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Pennsbury Manor

Our recent Traveling Herb Seminar #75 took us to Buck's County PA and included a visit to Pennsbury Manor , the rebuilt country home of ...

Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy Fourth of July!

Friday, July 1, 2011

Meet the Garden Cats

Two of our three garden cats appeared in the gazebo one summer day a few years ago, with only a tail showing from under the tablecloth to gi...

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Tea Cup Thursday

We're joining Miss Spenser and others today for Tea Cup Thursday. This lovely little tea cup delicately sits atop a blue covered 'cl...

Monday, June 27, 2011

The Victorian Tea . . . menu

The menu for the Victorian evening began with a Caraway Tomato Soup. This was followed by a plate with assorted sandwiches which included Ra...

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