April 15, 2024 | By Vicki Abrams Motz
People have had a relationship with herbs for thousands of years. They are consumed as food or flavoring and act as normalizers supporting …
February 6, 2023 | By Maryann Readal
Cumin, Cuminum cyminum, is The Herb Society of America’s Herb of the Month for February. When used in cooking, this spice infuses a warm and …
August 13, 2020 | By Kaila Blevins
I, like many other people preparing for the COVID-19 lockdown, frequented my local garden center to purchase vegetable seeds and buy plants for …
July 22, 2019 | By ssd
The department of Biological & Allied Health Sciences at Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, received the 2019 HSA Research Grant for their …
May 3, 2017 | By Paris Wolfe
You may already be part of the emerging “foodscape” movement. Perhaps, like me, you have herbs worked into the landscape around your home or …
April 3, 2017 | By Rie Sluder
Exactly what is a native plant? To most people’s surprise the wildflowers that populate our road sides are not all native plants. Queen Anne’s …
March 15, 2017 | By Paris Wolfe
In the current political climate all I want to do is curl up with my seed/plant catalogs and hide … from FOX News, from NPR, even from Facebook.
June 22, 2016 | By Paris Wolfe
When summer arrives on the North Coast my living space expands to my gardens. These summer rooms are decorated with flowers and art. I try to …
June 13, 2016 | By Heather Housekeeper
It is a sunny summer morning in the herb garden. Your Bee Balm is in full fuchsia flower, the flat-topped white-flowered Yarrow mimics the …
January 11, 2016 | By Paris Wolfe
Author Chris McLaughlin shows readers how to use botanicals to dye fiber and fabric in her book A Garden to Dye For (St. Lynn’s Press, 2014, …
December 7, 2015 | By Paris Wolfe
How many herbs can you identify on this custom-designed silk scarf? Rendered in soft, pastel tones, the scarf design was first produced in 1997. …