Eugenia Essentials

Basil Rules!

Yesterday I pinched off a few tops off my sweet basil plant. I stood there for several seconds just smelling the leaves. Ah! The aroma of this herb is highly invigorating! My chef husband (now deceased) used to make a bruschetta with fresh minced basil and cilantro. He would roll the basil leaves and slice [...]

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Ylang ylang (Cananga odorata)

While Jasmine and Rose are often referred to as the King and Queen of flowers, Ylang ylang should be called the Princess and an exotic one at that!  The blossoms yellow with long petals come from the cananga tree, native to the South Pacific, which can grow to over 60 feet. The essential oil is [...]

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Rosemary is for remembrance

I spent this morning outside doing some due diligence among our plants, trimming, inspecting and weeding.  I’d been wondering what to write about for my next entry and as I ran my hands up the branches of the rosemary, marveling at the heady fragrance, I thought why not rosemary? Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a perennial [...]

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