More plant pictures (lots and lots) and a recipe

I finally figured out what the yellow flower was -- it's a relative of ragweed, I believe -- senecio smallii, a.k.a Southern Ragwort. But no matter how much I've looked up, all I've been able to find is that it's possibly poisonous. Meh.
On the bright side, most of the things in my garden (of sorts) are growing well.

Bee balm:



















Mint, Melissa, and Rosemary:












Lobelia, catnip, possibly thyme... as I've said before, I don't remember exactly what I planted there, but I'll see soon enough.














Evening Primrose, getting taller:



















And the prettiness of our backyard:


















with all the honeysuckle in bloom:




































From which I made honeysuckle syrup.




















I am also making plantain oil and a cherry cordial:















































Finally, in order to make this blog useful somehow, I give you a medicinal recipe or sorts that my grandmother used for stuffed noses. It's not the most pleasant thing to walk around with cotton balls up your nose, but it always seemed to work.

Mix garlic -or onion?- juice with honey (I am thinking of just infusing some garlic in honey and using that) and a little aloe juice/gel. Soak cotton balls in this mixture and stick them up your nose. After a while, you will start to taste the garlic-y honey, and that's usually around the time you should take them out.

Herbal salve and flowers

A week ago there was practically nothing in our yard, now there are tons of honeysuckle, blooming privet (?), some tall bundled yellow flowers and more roses. I'm still trying to find out what the yellow flowers are, they might be useful. I see them everywhere -- on the sides of the road, in fields...
Also, I made my first salve -- it's made of dandelion flower infused oil and lavender essential oil (and beeswax, of course). I wasn't sure how the scents would work together, but it smells wonderful, like walking past a flowering tree. I went as far as to decorate the tin (as you can see), because I have been feeling particularly crafty lately.

Hurrah!

Everything is growing!

Pea sprout (so cute!):

















Thyme, possibly:
















I'm not sure what I planted here, honestly, I only remember that it was three different kinds of seeds -- whatever it is, but it's growing.

















Lobelia:














Melissa, Rosemary, and Mint:














Bee Balm:














Evening Primrose (looking a bit white, I hope nothing's wrong with it):














Roses:














And flowering sage, my favourite:














The flowers smell amazing, and if you bite off the bottom there's just a tiny drop of nectar to suck out.