A few years ago, the National Herb Garden installed a display called “Beer Garden: Beer Like You’ve Never Seen It Before.” This seasonal ...
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One of the enchanting things about working in the National Herb Garden is the myriad people I meet from around the world. Ne’er a week goes by ...
The African baobab tree, Adansonia digitata, is a unique tree. Seeing this huge tree in the African landscape and hearing the stories about it ...
The pink peppercorns that are found in the colorful mix used in clear pepper mills are not the true pepper of the Piper nigrum vine. These rosy ...
The tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica) is one of many tropical herbal trees. Its leaves, bark, wood, roots, and fruits have many uses. The ...
How can a gardener resist an herb with the name bouncing Bet? I could not resist this delicate pink and floppy plant after seeing it blooming in ...
I’ve asked five blog contributors to share their favorite herb-related gift ideas. HSA’s blog will be running one per day during the first week ...
The lowly roadside chicory has many impressive qualities
With a challenged economy on Washington Island, Wisconsin, in the early 2000s, business leaders looked at the 23 square miles for business ...
After crafting a few batches of home brew, Ted Dalheim wanted to grow one of the key ingredients – hops.
“The natural progression for me was to ...
In mid-August I was at a garage sale full of 1940s and 1950s household paraphernalia. Among the milky salt shakers, bakelite jewelry and vanity ...
Hops flowers can do more than give you a buzz. Like chamomile and lavender, they are said to hasten sleep. Simply sew a sachet, put it near your ...
When I was young, my mother would put branches of bayberry in a pewter teapot. She received the twigs each year from a friend who had bayberry ...
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