by herbsocietyofamerica | Oct 14, 2024 | Other Gardening, Other Research & Education
October is often dominated by pumpkins but there is another vegetable that deserves a bit of the spotlight at this time of year: garlic! Garlic, said to be one of the oldest cultivated crops, is a bulb deeply rooted in folklore. For centuries, there have been...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Sep 30, 2024 | Other Research & Education
This year, my autumn garden has taken on a life of its own, far from the orderly vision I had in mind. The weeds, once a nuisance, now intertwine with the wildflowers, creating an untamed beauty I hadn’t expected and even more food for the bees. Last week, as the air...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Sep 16, 2024 | Other Research & Education
I love weeds. There, I said it. Don’t worry, I do pull them (there’s a reason why they’re called weeds, after all) but I am much more likely to make a tincture, or a salve, or something good (yes good) to eat than to discard them completely. After all, weeds were...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Sep 2, 2024 | Other History & Traditions, Other Research & Education, Other Self Care & Wellness
Garlic, Allium sativum, is The Herb Society’s Herb of the Month for September. This is the time to get excited about garlic if you want to grow it, since fall is the ideal time to plant it for harvesting in early summer of next year. Garlic is in the...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Aug 19, 2024 | Other Research & Education
These days, when I meet people for the first time, it might seem to them that I have no other interests besides plants. Which, of course, isn’t true; I have many other interests, and some of them came before I ever heard the siren song of chlorophyll. But now that I’m...
