Fw: Horizon Herbs, LLC Newsletter - Late Fall 2007

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A place to get natural seeds. Blessings, Joy

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Dear Seeders,As someone from Poland just wrote us, "We greet!" It's always such a pleasure to make contact with plant people around the world, and this venue is no exception. We are all bound together by a love of gardening and the natural world. Sometimes we try to analytically unravel the mysteries of seed and soil, other times we simply stand in awe of nature. Both of these approaches provide valuable understanding of the plant/human relationship, enriching our lives with beauty, aroma, food, medicine, oxygen. Its kind of like the way a young child learns-first with intense interest (play) and later by spacing out (processing information). First observation-then thought. First eating then digestion. I've been thinking a lot about these kinds of things. Do we cultivate the plants, or do they cultivate us? Mornings, when the land is enveloped in cold fog, I've been working on the website, adding in tons of new photos. Afternoons, I've been taking photos and picking seeds. Alternating rains, frosts, and bright windy days have rendered the seedheads more fragile-the seeds are easy to gather at this time of year. We're bringing in the last of them: Amaranth, Artemisia annua, Balm of Gilead, Evening Primrose, Savory, Persimmon and Skullcap to name a few. The yellow leaves are drifting down from maple and alder, mulching the Ginseng and Black Cohosh we planted in the forest. Fall colors on the Liquidamber trees. The renewed rushing of Munger's Creek. The frenzied feeding of twittering songbirds, the trumpeting calls of migrating geese, the apples, the first smell of woodsmoke in crisp air. Last night there was a thunderstorm, complete with scary lightning making jagged scars across the mountains and the heavens. As the rain first pelted down, I stuck my hand out the door and felt the largest drops I think I've ever experienced. But by the morning the rain was coming down in a fine mist, shimmering wet curtains pushed around by an incoherent breeze. Tonight is Halloween, and our granddaughter's first birthday. The pumpkins grin despite the burning of their fleshy caps. Mushrooms under the oaks. A bright ring around a waning moon. Give thanks for being alive. Over the door that leads from the seedhouse out into our gardens are written the words "For the Plants." We have a dedicated group of people working here who are very, very serious indeed about bringing you the blessings of these many species, common and rare. Consider giving a LIVE present for Christmas this year. Or treat yourself to some plant companions for the winter. LIVE ROOT season and our FALL NURSERY SALE will be over DEC 1. As always, seeds from us are farm direct, fresh and viable. That's the way we like it. Order early-the new seed is in and availability may be limited on certain species. Please check our offerings at horizonherbs.com. Here are some links to some really cool new stuff to get you started: Organic Rosemary Wands (for culinary use) http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=1861Organic White Sage Wands (for offerings) http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=927Sweetgrass Braids (for offerings)http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=1364Organic Balm of Gilead (Cedronella canariensis) seed, a first time offering of a difficult to find rarity from the Canary Islands-superior http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=1862Organic True Comfrey (Symphytum officinalis) seed from our own harvest is IN (10 day germination on fat, new harvest seed) http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=1856Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) seed is IN (seed of confirmed germination and in accordance with our policy of increasing package size during years of good harvest, the number of seeds per packet has been DOUBLED) http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=741Honeybush (Cyclopia subternata) seed is IN (scarify and sow in fall for best results)http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=1835Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) seed is IN http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=489Goji (Wolfberry) (Lycium barbarum) seed is IN http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=1859Chen-ze-wa-chen (Stellaria yunnanensis) seed, a result of my recent trip to Huize in China--the photos tell a tale of a thousand words--check it out!http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=1864Solanum pseudocapsicum (Jerusalem Cherry) seed, collected in Kunming in China, a prime subject for those attracted to the rare and unusual http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=1863Love ya,Richo--------------------------------------------------------------------To unsubscribe from this Mail Listsimply REPLY to this message withUNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject field.

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