Sweet annie

Sweet Annie has been in the news lately and we’re getting so many emails and calls and questions about sweet annie. Kim’s been telling me for 2 weeks that I need to write a blog about how “I” came to know about Sweet Annie… It seems I was one of the first ones in our immediate area that found it [...]

Here is a photograph of my Sweet Annie and I am not sure when to trim it back for fall. It has small buds on it now and a couple of shoots are flowering. Do I harvest iit before or after the buds open - this is my first time growing it. I appreciate any help with it! Smiles, Cyndi

Sweet Annie - The Herb with the scent they say will last 100 years. How to get it started and keep it going year after year.

The leaves are gorgeous in Missouri and falling like crazy. Perfect time for an antique show at Dry Creek Cabins just outside of Dixon, Mo. It was a beautiful day but cool. They always have a fire going and a big black pot of chili cooking. Just a wonderful place to spend a fall afternoon. It's so much fun and such an escape to visit this wonderful place. I've been trying to work on all the things I've gathered for Leola's Holiday Open House.... Seems like we just did this! Check out my…

I grew my own organic sweet annie this year to use in crafting my spun cotton and primitive doll creations. Today was harvesting day. Fresh sweet annie smells so wonderful! Earlier in the day, a black swallowtail butterfly visited the carrots, dill and parsley in my garden, and laid her eggs in them. Another swallowtail … Continue reading "Sweet Annie Harvest"

Sweet Annie A Prim Crafter's Best Friend Birgit has a wonderful blog called The Primitive Country Bug . She has so graciously offered to...

Hello fellow bloggers and prim crafters. Since my last post, many of you e-mailed me or left comments with lots of great information about preserving Sweet Annie. Some of you asked where you can find seeds to grow the sweet smelling herb and also how to use it in your crafting. This post is going to be all about a prim crafters best friend, Sweet Annie. Sweet Annie is also known as Artemesia Annua or Annual Wormwood. It is grown in herb gardens for its aromatic foliage as well as for…

How to save seed from sweet annie ( Artemisia annua ).

Although sweet Annie doesn't produce large, striking blooms, the luscious fragrance of the foliage and flowers is something to crave.

Sweet Annie herb – the herb that has a scent they say will last 100 years. How to find it if you’ve grown it before – because if you have had it in years past – you have tons of it coming up now. If you’ve planted Sweet Annie before, you’ll find it returning to [...]