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by herbsocietyofamerica | Mar 20, 2019 | Other Culinary
The sun is bright, — the air is clear, The darting swallows soar and sing. And from the stately elms I hear The bluebird prophesying Spring. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The great wheel of the year turns and faster than you can say “March hare,” the spring...
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by herbsocietyofamerica | Mar 18, 2019 | Other Culinary
Listen, children, and I will tell you how an onion by another name gave us the name of the city of Chicago. The onion in question, Allium tricoccum — also known as ramps, spring onion, ramson, wild leek and wild garlic — is an eastern North American...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Mar 13, 2019 | Other Culinary
Herbs have played an important role in medical history and continue to play an important part in medical research. Through the years different techniques have been used to transfer healing properties to vinegar, glycerin, tea, alcohol, etc. These infusions can then be...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Mar 11, 2019 | Other Culinary
I suppose every family has universal cure, the thing you apply or ingest that will cure whatever ails you. My family had several. My German grandmother advised a generous dollop of blackberry brandy for internal upset, for being stung by a honey bee, for arthritis...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Mar 6, 2019 | Fragrance, Other Culinary
New Jersey Tea, Ceanothus americanus, is an Herb Society of America Native Plant of 2019. A member of the buckthorn family its common names include wild snow ball, snow bush, red root, mountain lilac, and California lilac. New Jersey Tea is a short, woody plant,...
