A Look at Weeds

A Look at Weeds

This week on The Garden Lady it’s my great pleasure to have as my guest, Peter Del Tredici, horticulturalist, botanist, and author of my favorite weed identification book, Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast: A Field Guide.  Our discussion is about how most...
Weeds and a Tomato Recipe

Weeds and a Tomato Recipe

On The Garden Lady this morning we start off with a postcard about weeding. I also share the recipe for rice stuffed, garden tomatoes that is printed below. Weeds and tomatoes: essential parts of late-August.   Rice Stuffed Tomatoes My mother-in-law, Misa...
I Love Impatiens capensis aka jewelweed

I Love Impatiens capensis aka jewelweed

Name: Impatiens capensis aka jewelweed Type of Plant:  A native annual plant (let’s not call it a weed) that grows 2 to 4 feet tall and flowers in mid-summer. Why I Love This Plant: I’ve grown to love this plant because the foliage is beautiful, the flowers are sweet,...
I Love Daucus carota aka Queen Anne’s Lace

I Love Daucus carota aka Queen Anne’s Lace

Name: Daucus carota aka Queen Anne’s Lace Type of Plant: A biennial plant, meaning that it sprouts and grows one year, blooms the next, and then it dies.   Also called wild carrot because this is the plant that cultivated carrots were developed from. Brought to North...
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