Plant Profile: Radish

Raphanus sativus

When I was a kid our family just didn’t do radishes. In fact, we avoided a lot of the mustard family in general, no radishes in salad, no horseradish sauce, no mustard greens. On very rare occasions, wild harvested watercress would venture into a plate or two. But that was about it. Well…things changed [...]

Plant Profile: Lemon Thyme

Lemon Thyme (Thymus citriodorus variegata)
Lemon Thyme (Thymus citriodorus variegata)

Thymus citriodorus variegata

Lemon thyme is one of my go-to plants in the garden. The variagated variety has beautiful foliage, the smell and flavor of the leaves are wonderful and it tolerates a wide range of growing conditions. In the ideal setting it would prefer well drained soil [...]