Living in Season

Foxglove, Foxglove,What do you see?" The cool green woodland,The fat velvet bee; Hey, Mr Bumble,I've honey here for thee! "Fox...

The flower of St. Peter who, along with St. Paul, is honored on this day, a national holiday in many countries and especially in Rome, accor...

Mimosa In one of my Living in Season newsletters, (you can sign up to get them at http://www.schooloftheseasons.com/ ) I asked my readers to...

Messidor 9 What savor is best, if physic be true, For places infected than wormwood and rue? It is as a comfort, for heart and the brain, An...

Messidor 7 The plant of the day in the French Republican calendar is the cucumber. I am not a big fan of cucumbers (I pick them out of my sa...

Rosemary The flower for Messidor 6 on the French Republican Calendar is Rosemary (Romarin in French). I’m not sure this is the right place f...

June 23 I didn’t post my usual flower of the day entry yesterday because my dog, Chester, died at 10 am in the morning. In his honor, I’m na...

Passionflower The flower of the day in the French Republican calendar is veronica or speedwell but the plant of the day on Rosa’s Dial is th...

Messidor 3 The plant for today in the French Republican calendar is the onion. I love it that the French Republican calendar features a wide...

The plant of the day (Messidor 2) in the French Republican calendar is Oats (Avoine in French). I’ve been fascinated by finding representati...

The flower of the day for Messidor 1 in the French Republican Calendar is rye, and I think that’s appropriate. There are many rye grasses w...

Today is Prairial 30 in the French Republican calendar and the last day of Prairial, the month which means meadow in French. Next month is M...

Prairial 29 After having fallen Its image still stands— The peony flower Buson The flower for the 29th day of the French Republican month of...

No Time for Thyme The plant for Prairial 28 is Thyme and I would have loved to write about Thyme, but I didn’t have time. My favorite use o...

Prairial 27 Verbena (Verveine) I went to the store and bought a verbena, in preparation for this day, but I seem to have bought the wrong pl...

Prairial 26 Jasmine (Jasmin) If I could live my life surrounded entirely by fragrant flowers, I would. But which would I choose if I could o...

One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup. Robert Louis Stevenson Every ten days t...

Bedstraw Prairial 25 I have been noticing that this is not really a blog but a new calendar that I am developing, and possibly this is not t...

Honeysuckle (Chevrefeuille) Prairial 23 I’ve been waiting for this day since I looked ahead at the list of flowers I could feature in June, ...

Chamomile Prairial 22 ...the chamomile, the more it is trodden on, the faster it grows... Henry IV, Shakespeare The flower of the day accord...