Mace: The Elegant Twin of Nutmeg
Mace is a wonderfully unique spice. It derives from the Myristica fragrans tree and is native to Indonesia’s …
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As a lifelong gardener and plant enthusiast, I’ve always been drawn to the versatility of herbs. Beyond cooking, herbs have incredible …
Garlic chives, Allium tuberosum, are one of the versatile herbs that belong in every garden. It is a tasty culinary plant with a light …
Eggs have been a canvas for art for most of civilization. The oldest carved and dyed eggs found by archeologists were in South Africa, dating …
The question often comes up regarding how people knew which plants had medicinal value and what conditions they could be used to treat. It’s …
Every year, my sister and I gather friends and family to celebrate the Winter Solstice at her enchanting log cabin nestled deep in the woods. …
Star anise, Illicium verum, is The Herb Society’s Herb of the Month for December. December is the ideal month to become familiar with this spice …
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 …
The Herb Society’s Herb of the Month for May is lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, which is one of almost 50 species of lavender (Blankespoor, …
Many are familiar with the myriad of health benefits of using tea tree oil, but have you ever thought about how and why this Australian herb has …
Like most murder mysteries, those with horticultural themes call for a minimum of one sleuth. Criminal investigation, whether vocation or …
When European explorers arrived in the Americas, they were greeted by Native Peoples with a beverage that existed nowhere else in the world – …
“The house was bright that night, with candles lit in the windows, and bunches of holly and ivy fixed to the staircase and the doorposts. There …
It’s All Hallows Night…the time when the veils between the worlds are at their thinnest, the time when we walk around not quite alone in the …
While doing research for a presentation on herbal uses of native plants, I decided to look more into a plant I’d learned about in herb school, …
Coffea arabica is certainly an interesting herbal plant. This simple, evergreen, small tree or shrub with white flowers is grown in tropical …
Olbrich Botanical Gardens is a 16-acre, free admission public garden in Madison, Wisconsin, in the heart of the ancestral lands of the Ho-Chunk …
It all began innocently enough, I suppose.
I mean, it’s not as if I sat down with my garden journal one morning and said, “I believe I’ll plant …
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