Garden Thyme Herbs

08/24/2025

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08/17/2025

⚡️🍁 FALL 'FUEL-UP' MIGRATION 🍁⚡️NEWS FLASH! (8.16)
HUMMERS INCREASING IN: NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, OHIO, WISCONSIN, ALABAMA, ARIZONA & SoCAL.

Hummingbirds need to double their body weight for the Epic Migration South. Thanks for keeping your Feeders Full!

🍁HELP TRACK HUMMERS!
Let us know when New Migrating Hummers arrive & when yours Depart. Add your Report to the Comments below.
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🍁VIEW SIGHTINGS: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1XCywqxmXm5eCEGUx3f8dSR78NIuPMQg&usp=sharing
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Thanks!
✨Sparkles✨

08/11/2025

Monarchs take about a month to develop from egg to adult, meaning people who see eggs or larvae now could be seeing what will become the super generation of monarchs!

Monarchs that emerge in late summer enter reproductive diapause (do not reproduce) and begin to migrate, navigating to overwintering grounds that they've never been to before, sometimes over 2,000 miles away. East of the Rocky Mountains, that's typically the oyamel fir forests of central Mexico, while western monarchs head to sites along the California coast.

Then, after waiting out the winter, they're the ones that start the migration next year. They can live for up to nine months, much longer than the period of several weeks that the typical summer monarch will live.

08/09/2025

08/08/2025

08/05/2025

We will be set up here for this wonderful event! Stop in and say “Hi!”

Don't miss our last Sip & Stroll Evening Market of the Summer, happening on August 23rd!
K.O. Grainger will be taking to our BIG STAGE with live music from 3pm-7pm🎤
Break from the Grind Food Truck and Big D's Tug Hill BBQ will be serving up mouth watering food🍗
And Over 25+ local vendors and artisans will be showcasing their businesses!
🍷Come Sip, Shop, and Support Local☺️

08/04/2025

This time of year, Lambsquarters is setting seed. Lambsquarters, Chenopodium album, has delicious edible leaves which can be used as a spinach substitute, but many folks don't know that the seeds are also edible. They are in fact a very close relative of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa).

These seeds have only just begun to ripen, but when the seeds are all mature they will be black like the few in the photos (marked by blue arrow). Separate the seeds from the casings and cook as you would Quinoa. Like a lot of the dark varieties or Quinoa it never fully softens.

Lambsquarters is a member of the amaranth family, which also includes beets, chard, quinoa, and spinach. Lambsquarters can be identified by the telltale dusty white coating on new growth and the undersides of leaves.

In many regions of the world, particularly in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, people intentionally grow lambsquarters as an agricultural crop. The leaves are exceptionally high in vitamins A and C, as well as in calcium, iron, and protein.

It’s easy to prepare—no need to parboil or cook for hours—and can be eaten raw, steamed, boiled, or blanched. Unlike other weedy edibles, the leaves retain their mild spinachy flavor and don’t get bitter with age. The seeds similarly serve as a nutrition powerhouse. Of course, lambsquarters should only be consumed if collected from uncontaminated soil suitable for growing food plants.

The plant also provides a number of ecological services. Its long taproot extends deep into the soil, drawing water and nutrients closer to the surface and allowing more shallow-rooted plants access as well. No wonder you see perfectly healthy lambsquarters growing in the most poor soils. Its plentiful seeds provide a nutrient-packed meal for birds, especially in the food-scarce late fall. Lambsquarters also serves as a “trap crop” by diverting leaf miners, a common pest for beets and chard.