“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”— Matthew 6:28–29 Here we are in the New Year —and in the dead of winter—when most of the natural world is resting, dormant, or quietly hibernating. Yet a few valiant plants refuse to give up entirely. Thyme, oregano, sage, chives, mint, parsley, rosemary (with protection), winter savory, and lemon

Autumn is such a reflective time of year, isn’t it? At least it is for me. We haven’t yet made it to the melancholia of the barren wintry landscape. No, we are in the process of organizing, rearranging, putting away, saving and storing, and remembering how we did things last year or the year before and even how our grands led the way so many decades ago. I have such fond memories of going to my grandparent’s farm in south Mississippi for all the fall and winter holidays, as w