November 7, 2022 | By Maryann Readal
The cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon, is a native American fruit, as well as an herb that is full of nutrition and medicinal value. It is The …
October 24, 2022 | By Joe Hughes
The mention of our neighbor to the south typically conjures up images of sunny beaches, arid deserts and plateaus, a rich cultural history, …
September 19, 2022 | By Maryann Readal
The African baobab tree, Adansonia digitata, is a unique tree. Seeing this huge tree in the African landscape and hearing the stories about it …
September 5, 2022 | By Maryann Readal
Coffea arabica is certainly an interesting herbal plant. This simple, evergreen, small tree or shrub with white flowers is grown in tropical …
May 30, 2022 | By Linda S Lange
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 …
May 9, 2022 | By Sarah Penner
Sherlock Holmes said it best in the 1945 movie, Pursuit to Algiers: “Poison is a woman’s weapon.” It’s a statement not without evidence – …
May 2, 2022 | By Maryann Readal
Calendula officinalis is a plant in the Asteraceae family and is The Herb Society of America’s Herb of the Month for May. In my Texas Zone 8b …
January 17, 2022 | By Katherine Schlosser
For most of us, our garden tools are cleaned and stored, the holidays have passed, and we have a little more time to simply enjoy what we find …
December 27, 2021 | By Bonnie Porterfield
Pop open the champagne, and let’s celebrate some of our food traditions and superstitions surrounding the New Year.
Our friends from the South …
March 15, 2021 | By Erin Holden
As an herbalist I’m interested in many aspects of plants – from their use in herbal and conventional medicine, to lore that informs us how those …
February 1, 2021 | By Maryann Readal
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 …
November 16, 2020 | By Matt Millage
It never ceases to amaze me how much tea is consumed daily. An estimated 2.16 billion cups of tea are drunk every day around the world, which …
November 2, 2020 | By Maryann Readal
The tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica) is one of many tropical herbal trees. Its leaves, bark, wood, roots, and fruits have many uses. The …
September 28, 2020 | By Carol Kagan
Not the weather – that PEPPER! Although we usually get heat here, in Pennsylvania, and typically, plenty of it all at once, we speak here of …
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 …
August 3, 2020 | By Maryann Readal
The Herb Society of America’s Herb of the Month for August is the makrut lime, Citrus hystrix, a member of the Rutaceae family. This lime is …
May 25, 2020 | By Zainab Pashaei
Of the many countries looking to reduce their carbon footprint through landscape restoration and sustainability, you will find Turkey among …
March 1, 2020 | By Maryann Readal
What do Earl Gray tea, the confection Turkish Delight, the liqueur Bergamia, eau de cologne, and some air fresheners have in common? The answer …