hellaD's Blog

I am so thrilled this summer as I finally have an opportunity to have my own garden. Potatoes are practically jumping out of the ground and tomatoes are coming out. I also have gotten some great photos of a wide range of wild herbs and flowers and will be posting them as soon as I get a chance.

Mullein is one of my favorites. It is so majestic.

Please excuse the photos I have posted at the moment. We were in Bagan, a most georgeous historical site in Burma and I was told all kinds of interesting information about plants growing there so I have put some of those photos up, since I didn't have any of my other ones on hand.

One of the beautiful trees I heard about that is very useful in medicine for the Burmese is the one on the cover of my images folder.  I was told it is called Tamar.  This is the Burmese name for it.  It seems to be in the same family as tamarind or the jacaranda tree.  Does anyone know the name of it in English and any info about it's medicinal properties? 

If you are interested in more info about Burma and the plants they use in their cuisine please go to my website www.helladelicious.com.

Hella D