THANKSGIVING

I harvested Merida carrots today (Territorial Seed) , yum! Sooo crisp and sweet. I also picked some Sage and Tarragon and harvested a head of cabbage for the Thanksgiving table. Tonight for dinner (Tuesday) I used the last of the fresh tomatoes (well, not absolutely the last...the last 2 cherry tomatoes I picked today,then jammed into my jacket packet...then sat on them on the way home) with garden-grown tomatillos and the last of the peppers to make an incredible chicken chili.

I planted American Ginseng ( Panax quinquefolius ) and Rhodiola Rosea (from Horizon Herbs) in among the trees today. They're both endangered species of medicinal herbs. I'll have to remember to give them a water in the summer if they come up this spring .California's not their usual territory . I'm crossing my fingers, it would be great to give these endangered species another foothold. I'm studying up on Goldenseal now...another endangered herb that I'd prefer to see preserved by many, many people. I happen to have the loamy woods soil that these herbs prefer, it's just that our summers are darn dry.

Ginseng is, of course the panax, or " panacia"
cure for all diseases. and if you think Chinese Panax is preferable...well, they'd rather import ours. American Ginseng
rocks, which is why it's now an endangered species. It is, of course, the root which is medicinal. Rhodiola Rosea is a universal adaptogen...use it and grow strong in all ways (eyebrow wag).