Plant propagation is just a fancy word for making more plants from what you have. I love to propagate the plants in my garden. To me, it is …
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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 …
‘There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray, love, remember: and there is pansies. that’s for thoughts.’ (Hamlet 4.5.248)
William …
If you asked me about my favorite herbs, you’d likely be surprised by my response. I tend to gravitate toward more obscure plants and topics in …
Seeing hundreds, perhaps thousands, of strings of what looked to be brown seeds hanging in stores around holy places in India made me extremely …
For many people, mushrooms, lichen, and other fungi are exotic forest species. For the amateur, they are difficult to recognize by name, while …
Spend any time with me and you’ll learn quickly that I am a “waste not, want not” kind of person, and that includes food. I have been known to …
Raspberry, Rubus spp., is the International Herb Association’s Herb of the YearTM for 2020 and The Herb Society of America’s Herb of the Month …
Community seed sharing programs bring people together. So many times, as I’ve stood in front of a crowd at a seed library opening or other …
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 …
The Paw Paw’s official name is Asimina triloba. It is a small deciduous tree native to eastern North America, that does, indeed,
What is the true language of herbalism? How do these beautiful plants that we love speak to us? What does the herbalist actually do?
The herbs …
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 …
Is there anything more all-American than the dandelion, ubiquitous bane of the perfect suburban lawn? Wrong on all counts.
While there are …
Listen, children, and I will tell you how an onion by another name gave us the name of the city of Chicago. The onion in question, Allium …
Now appearing, ready for its close up, one of The Herb Society of America’s two Notable Native Plants of 2019, and a plant that is a living …
If you are interested in herbs you may want to participate in #herbchat, an herb-focused Twitter chat. A Twitter chat is when people tweet about …
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, …
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