The Marsh Herb and the Milk Cow (1674)
Part 3 of our 3 Part Herbal Story... Set On Old Cape Cod
By spring of 1674, the marshes had traded their gray for green, and the frogs had resumed their nightly arguments. Elspeth’s garden woke in earnest—mint pushing up like it owned the world, thyme creeping where it pleased, and the first bright heads of calendula turning their faces toward the sun.
It was on such a m…
