Organic Gardening Info from Peaceful Valley

If you haven’t been to Peaceful Valley Farm Supply nursery you really must come and check it out.  There is a plant here that is my new “favorite” plant!  They are carrying a Silverberry Fruitlandii (Elaeagnus pungens) that has the most surprising fragrance.  In fact it’s hard to tell where that smell is coming from!  It actually reminds me of Hawaii!  The flowers are small and somewhat hidden at the base of the shrub.. probably the last place you’d look for flowers, but that SMELL will keep you looking!  The leaves have the two tone leaf color, gray/silver undersides and olive green top.  It’s in it’s prime now so you have one last summer hold out that makes you lift your head and breathe deep… ummmmm!  It can be pruned to various bush type shapes or allowed to go wild and shoot up toward the sky, well anywhere from 6 – 12 feet high that is. This is a hardy shrub that stands up to very dry conditions.  So plant it in places your hose can’t reach.  Plant it now and the fall and winter rains will help get it established in it’s new home.

Of course, there’s lots more to see and choose from.  Native plants, vegetable starts, trees, bulbs, annual and perennial flowers even cacti.  Come see what’s growing here at Peaceful Valley Farm Supply just waiting for a happy home to live out it’s life.

Recently I purchased a White Sage native plant from our nursery for smudging. I must say this is a beautiful plant. Its soft white leaves glow incandescent in the moon light, and it is oh so fragrant. White Sage is considered a sacred plant by the North American Native Peoples and it is believed that when the power of the plant is released by burning, it can cleanse a space of evil spirits. I have my plant just outside of my bedroom window, just in case any malevolent forces try to enter there.

White Sage also has medicinal properties. Native Americans use the smoke as a remedy for colds, and would drop one seed into their eye and let it roll around under their eyelid to cleanse the ocular cavity (I am not a trained medical practitioner, but this sounds to me like something you probably shouldn’t try). Made into a tea it reduces sweating, salivation, and mucous secretions in the nose, throat and lungs. The tea also has a uterine hemostatic property for heavy menstruation, however it also decreases lactation, so I guess you could consider it a double edged sword.

I suggest everyone purchase a White Sage native plant from our nursery, because besides the facts that it smells divine (both growing and burned), and looks lovely, no one likes to be harassed by negative entities or heavy menstruation, two situations that the White Sage keeps at bay.