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![]() ![]() The town, with a population of a little over 2,000 people, has train tracks as it was once a major stop for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway but not much else. Then I wanted to know what was left of River Valley Farm, located in the small community of Holcomb in Kansas, where the killings took place. So with the 1959 Clutter family murder on my mind, I wondered if there was a museum dedicated to the crime or the book (of course there is not!!!), although there have been countless retellings of the event from the 1967 film to the two biopics, Capote and Infamous, about Truman Capote’s research in writing the book. If you have herb questions, please feel free to leave me a comment or e-mail me at Talk to you soon.I recently reread In Cold Blood for the second time a few months ago, and I don’t care about the factual discrepancies and recreated dialogue, it’s a damn good book. ![]() I’m glad that it is staying in the family. Also check out my blog where I will post more photos. Hope their garden structure gives you inspiration for your garden as well. Cy and Louise are retiring from the business on a daily basis and are turning the farm over to their son David and his partner Maria. There are more pictures of the farm there. ![]() This herb lover is always glad to visit Well-Sweep. Check out their website. They have a large mail-order business online and a paper catalog as well. The Well-Sweep gift shop is a perfect stop for herbies this holiday season. Well-Sweep has a lovely gift shop that is jammed packed this time of year with Christmas gifts for the herb lover and gardener in your life. Rosemary keeps the pattern of this garden while the knots winter in the greenhouse. I think the knot is germander. The standards are definitely rosemary. Here is that same knot garden during my recent visit without the standards because the weather had turned cold. They go into the greenhouses for the winter. This knot garden uses geometric patterns of aromatic herbs. What I love about the herb gardens at Well-Sweep is the brick structure of the pathways and beds that is always there, even in winter when the herbs aren’t as vibrant. I need to get some of that structure into our front garden. Here is a photo from 13 years ago during a Well-Sweep visit when the knot garden was in its infancy. The Well-Sweep garden paths provide a nice aesthetic, even in winter. I always talk about timing and this time it was perfect. I went to Well-Sweep for additional inspiration. I’m planning how to organize my front garden with inspiration from Well-Sweep. The farm gets its name from the well-sweep, which is an old farming implement. In the old days, a family depended on hand-drawn well water to fill its drinking and bathing needs. A tall, sturdy tree is used as the base of a well-sweep. It must be y-shaped at one end. A second longer tree, the “sweep,” is placed in the “y” of the base at an angle to the well, forming a lever. By using the sweep, even children could help with the water-fetching chores. In the photo, the “y” is to the right and the sweep is off to the side of the well. I am sure it was put to good use in its day.Īs you know by now, I try to work on my garden design in the off-season. Now that the snow has started in southwestern Pennsylvania, the herbal light bulb has gone on for me with The Herb Companion‘s article Colonial Williamsburg and the garden plans for a colonial garden. I am thinking of renovating our front garden, which has gotten a little wild! The Well-Sweep Herb Farm gets its name from an old faming impement. Cy is a passionate collector of herbs and his passion shines through at Well-Sweep. The Herbal Husband and I took a road trip down east of Pittsburgh. I dropped him off at his favorite toy show in Allentown and I headed east to Port Murray, New Jersey and Well-Sweep Herb Farm. Cyrus and Louise Hyde began their herbal adventure 41 years ago in the beautiful mountainous area of Warren County, New Jersey. You can check out the Lemon Verbena Lady at her blog. ![]()
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