In the Garden

Herb Fair at John Jay Homestead

September

Looking for a fun activity for tomorrow? Check out the annual Herb Fair at John Jay Homestead in Katonah. It runs from 11 am to 2 pm Thursday the 20th and it’s free.

Here’s a Download: of me and the volunteer gardeners that ran last Friday on Hudson Valley NewsCenter Now on RNN.

Every Thursday, volunteers from the New York Unit of the Herb Society of America come to the garden to weed, water, deadhead and harvest the herbs.

I also wrote an article for the paper on herb gardens in fall, with a sidebar on everything going on tomorrow at the fair and a box on harvesting herbs.

Here are some very nice photos that Liz Orozco shot (that’s her work on the video, too). An overall shot of the herb garden.

Here’s Betsy Rolls, with tansy. I grow this – it’s a natural bug repellent. It even smells like bug spray. People used to grow it up close to their houses to keep bugs out.

Purple chili peppers.

Butterfly weed, with a monarch.

Very cool-looking amaranth.

And purple hyacinth bean. Jefferson grew this at Monticello.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 at 4:18 pm by Bill Cary.
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One Response to “Herb Fair at John Jay Homestead”

Dr. Jayashree Joshi October 5th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Lovely pictures.
I’m a Pediatrician in India that practices Holistically and so I am always looking at herbal blogs, in my spare time.
They help me get a better insight into the world of herbs.
www.farawaysister.com

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