“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” …
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When I think of licorice, the black chewy candy from my childhood immediately comes to mind. However, there is much more to this herb than those …
Herbs have played an important role in medical history and continue to play an important part in medical research. Through the years different …
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 …
On a recent Herb Society of America webinar, William Varney inspired viewers with a talk about enhancing life using herbs in the home, kitchen, …
Brrrr. It is so cold. As we dip into the negative double digits in Northeast Ohio, I find it hard to believe that spring will ever come and yet, …
In the language of flowers, hellebore means, “calumny (false accusation) slander.” The name, hellebore, is derived from the Greek ἑλεῖν …
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 …
I love working with essential oils and have for several decades. It’s been lovely to witness their surge in popularity over the past 15 years. …
When my partner’s four-year-old granddaughter was visiting in June, she protested bath time. It interrupted her play time. So, I offered her one …
Clary sage (Salvia sclarea) had the coolest name in the Middle Ages: “Oculus Christi”, or the “Eye of Christ”. It is also known as clear eye and …
Mullein (Verbascum thapsis) is a furry plant with beautiful spikes of sunny, yellow flowers. It is biennial, like foxglove (Digitalis), so …
Meet one of my favorite wellness remedies — the flowers and leaves of the lovely linden tree. You may know it by its other names, lime tree or …
“In my Last Will & Testament, it states that I want half of my ashes scattered on the 7th Floor of Bergdorfs in New York City and the other …
The elder is a scary plant.
Oh, sure, it’s hardy and lovely. In June it is crowned with showy, flat umbels of fragrant flowers above its lacy …
Verbena, or vervain, is a plant with a very large family of about 250 species, and a long, rich history in its interactions with humans. It has …
But the House Leek (also known as Hen and Chicks, Saint Patrick’s Cabbage and Welcome-Home-Husband-Though Never-So Drunk) promises
You know that people say that in dreams, we cannot read? We see the letters, but they don’t make sense. I think I only noticed that after I …
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