Monthly Archives: April 2010

Mullein

Posted on April 30, 2010 by The Garden Goblin

(verbascum thapsus) Pronounced to rhyme with “sullen,” this popular plant has about thirty common names-including great mullein, lady’s foxglove, velvet plant, shepherd’s herb, old man’s flannel, Jupiter’s staff, Aaron’s rod, candlewick, Jacob’s staff, and witch’s candle-possibly because its towering height, … Continue reading →

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Rhonda and the Lawn Mower

Posted on April 29, 2010 by The Garden Goblin

On this auspicious day, the male human did forever endear himself to chicken-kind.  First, when the loud orange thing did growl and roar in ferocious fashion, the male human did leap upon it’s back and handily defeat it, forcing it … Continue reading →

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Turkeys!

Posted on April 28, 2010 by The Garden Goblin

9 Royal Palm eggs into the incubator! The Royal Palm is a strikingly attractive and small-sized turkey variety. The first birds in America to have the Palm color pattern appeared in a mixed flock of Black, Bronze, Narragansett, and Wild … Continue reading →

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Quick and Dirty guide to raising quail

Posted on April 28, 2010 by The Garden Goblin

Quail are fairly easy poultry.  I’ve had decent hatches out of the incubator even with a temperature spike (it got up to 107 and I still had 7 out of 9 eggs hatch), but they do best at about 100F … Continue reading →

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Mugwort

Posted on April 28, 2010 by The Garden Goblin

(artemisia vulgaris) Of mugwort, whose other names are felon herb, sailor’s tobacco, smotherwood, apple-pie, and old uncle Harry, John Gerard’s herbal of 1597 says, “the traveler or wayfaring man that hath mugwort tied about him feeleth no weariness at all.” … Continue reading →

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