The Little Herb House
The Little Herb House
The Little House to Remember!
5800 Holland Church Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919)
772-3543
June/July 2007
Volume 6, Issue 4
Celebrating
the Summer Solstice
June 21, 2007 at 2:06 pm
June 21 is a very important day for our planet and its relationship with the sun. June 21 is one of two solstices, days when the rays of the sun directly strike one of the two tropical latitude lines. June 21 marks the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere and simultaneously heralds the beginning of winter in the southern hemisphere. In 2007, the solstice occurs and summer begins on June 21, at 2:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
This year The Little Herb House will be celebrating the Summer Solstice beginning this week, June 18, and running thru July 14, 2007. Most cultures have celebrated the beginning of summer throughout history. From bonfires, to the gathering of herbs, to weddings and honeymoons, this season has much herbal lore. In keeping with this tradition, every week at The Little Herb House, June 18-July 14, we will have special sales, tea samplings and fresh cut herbs/flowers. Look at the below schedule for our weekly celebrations that you can take advantage of every Tuesday and every 2nd and 4th Saturday:
Weeks of June 18-July 14 50%-Off most all plants! For 4 weeks – 50%-Off Most Plants!!
I have been out perusing other garden centers lately, and I am proud to say say that my herb plants are some of the best looking in the county! Especially this time of year, when so many places just quit tending to the herb section. Not only will you get quality plants, but you will not find more reasonable prices. This is a great time to expand your herb collection/garden with some
not so common herbs, such as burnet, cardoon, comfrey, elecampane, feverfew, germander, hop, leeks, mints such as ginger, candy lime, banana, monarda citriodora (blue bee balm), salvia clevelandii, salvia ‘Mystic Spires Blue’, salvia uligunosa, stevia, and various thymes (lemon & lime-scented, juniper, red-creeping).
Week of June 18-23 Lavender Harvest Celebration
The lavender harvest began last week and will end this week. If you would like to come out this week and cut your own bunch of fresh lavender, you may do so! 120 stems (about 3 ounces) will be $10/bunch. You can use the organically-grown, fresh lavender buds in culinary recipes, or you may decide to hang the bunch upside-down in the kitchen to naturally air-dry.
Tea Sampling: Iced Summerhouse Tea
A black tea base with lavender, jasmine and vanilla.
Dried Lavender Buds on Sale – 50% Off
Normally $3.00/ounce, on sale for $1.50/ounce.
Week of June 25-30 Introduction of The Little Herb House private-label products!
I am so excited to introduce to you my own private-label line of aromatherapy, skincare, soaps, herbal insect repellant spray and herbal pet-care products! Many of these products contain my
own Signature Blend of essential oils – in other words, my own fragrance! This signature aroma is a pure, natural essential oils blend – no synthetic, man-made fragrances. Many of the skincare products contain natural, moisturizing oils and butters, such as olive oil, coconut oil, jojoba oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, etc. The soaps are hand-made, using the same all-natural ingredients-
no sodium lauryl sulfate or petroleum by-products. To celebrate the introduction this week, the following specials will take place:
Just in time for the 4th of July: Buy 1 Herbal Insect Repellant Spray for $6.95, and get a second Little Herb House private-label product for 30%-Off!! Choose from Linen & Room Spray, Gardener’s Scrub Bar, Gardener’s Healing Hand & Foot Salve, Beasty’s Herbal Flea Powder, Beasty’s Herbal Shampoo Bar, or sliced to order Little Herb House Signature Blend herbal soap.
Tea Sampling: Ginger Peach Green Tea
A green tea with peach flavorings!
Week of July 2-7 Grilling Seasons Simply Organic Marinades & Seasonings
Red, White & Blue!! Just in time for grilling this week, the Simply Organic line of Grilling Seasons is just what you need! Marinades for chicken, steak and pork, it couldn’t get much easier that this!
Buy 1 Simply Organic Seasoning Mix for $4.50, and get a Marinade packet at 50%-off!
Choose from ‘Zesty Herb’, ‘Steak’, or ‘Mesquite Barbeque’ Marinade.
Tea Sampling: Organic Mint Fields
A blend of mints and lemon balm to aid digestion. After all the grilling this week, this tea could be just what you need for digestion!
Salvia ‘Mystic Spires Blue’
1-gallon pots, normally $7.00, on sale for $3.50/pot!!
Week of July 9-14 40%-Off Everything!!!
What better way to end the summer solstice celebration than a sale for 40%-Off Everything at The Little Herb House!! That’s right, if you see it, it is 40%-Off!! I’m not sure what all I even have in The Little Herb House, but it will be a great way to clear out inventory for the 2007 Fall/Holiday Season!! So, come by and search out the bargains!
Tea Sampling: Iced Pink Lemonade
A caffeine-free herbal tea of hibiscus and lemongrass
Dried Yellow Yarrow & Yellow Tansy Bunches: Normally $4.00/bunch, pick up a bunch for $2.50!!
Just because it’s hot outside is no excuse not to get out and visit The Little Herb House this summer! I hope to see many of you over the next month. Don’t wait until August for the Customer Appreciation Day Sale – it’s only going on during the next month! This will be the last 50%-Off Sale for the Spring/Summer growing season. Fall will kick off a new kind of Herb Festival at The Little Herb House, with details to follow in the next newsletter.
That’s
all for this issue!
Looking forward to seeing everyone for the Summer Solstice celebration at The Little Herb House!
Until next time, “Find a way, to enjoy herbs every day.”
Herbally yours,
Lisa
1
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
2 a time to be born and a time to
die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
12 I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.
13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God.
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