Living in Season

In honor of the feast day of MaryMagdalene, I've chosen the flower associated with her: the agapanthus umbellatus, also known as African...

Today is the first day of Thermidor (from thermos meaning heat) in the French Republican calendar. The creators of the calendar sought to do...

I don’t think I realized how much this Flower of the Day plant blog has taken over my life until I went on a yoga retreat led by my yoga tea...

Contagious air engendering pestilence, Infects not those who in their mouth have taken Angelica, that happy Counterbane. Sent down from heav...

My daughter took her dog to her boyfriend's apartment yesterday and so I woke up this morning for the first time without a dog in my hou...

Today in the French Republican calendar is Messidor 18 and the plant of the day is the Gesse or Hairy Vetchling. In my quest to find a way t...

Strawberry The flower of the day (Messidor 16) in the French Republican calendar is Tabac (tobacco) which does seem like a quintessentially ...

Cherry in honor of the abundance of ripe cherries that I got to sample at my local farmer's market yesterday, I decided to make this the...

The flower for Messidor 14 in the French Republican calendar is Lavender, one of my favorite of all flowers. It was the plant ally I adopted...

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...