Field Notes

The Garden Doesn't End at the Garden Gate
Sometimes it ends up in a jar. There is a tendency to think of the garden and the apothecary as two separate places. One has dirt. The other has scales, jars, formulas, ingredients, and an alarming number of things that need to be wiped down. Around here, the line is considerably less tidy. Long before something becomes a Page & Blossom product, there's usually an observation. Something growing. Something blooming. Something that smells unexpectedly good when you brush against it. Something irritating us enough that we decide there must be... Read more...
August Is Not the End of the Garden: Notes for the Late-Summer Garden
August Is Not the End of the Garden The garden would like everyone to stop acting like it’s over. By August, the garden has usually abandoned any interest in looking polished. Tomato vines are sprawling. Herbs are trying to flower. Something has eaten a leaf it was absolutely not invited to eat. A few plants are thriving. A few others have clearly entered negotiations. Good. This is the part of the season where the garden stops performing and starts telling the truth. And if you pay attention, August has quite... Read more...
3 Herbs Every Summer Garden Needs | Basil, Lavender & Lemon Balm
Gardens have a funny way of exposing bad decisions. They'll happily remind you that planting twenty-seven tomato plants for a household of two was, perhaps, a touch ambitious. They'll also introduce you to weeds with an Olympic-level work ethic and squash vines that appear to have expansion plans. Herbs, on the other hand, tend to mind their business. They ask for very little, complain even less, and somehow end up seasoning dinner, feeding pollinators, scenting the garden, and making you look far more competent than you probably are. If we... Read more...