Every gardener has a love-hate relationship with the onion. I’ve been gardening for well over a decade, and I just recently learned that I can plant my onion seeds or…
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14 Herbs that Grow in Shade
When you think about herb gardening, you probably imagine a large spot of healthy soil in a space with abundant sunshine. Unfortunately, many gardeners don’t have that. But did you…
Using Herbs as Tomato Companion Plants
There is so much possibility when you grow tomatoes in your vegetable garden, especially when using herbs as tomato companion plants. From eating raw slices on a sandwich, to processing…
Yellow Rocket Cress | Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant
Yellow Rocket Cress (Barbarea vulgaris) is the wild edible, much like broccoli, that most people see in open fields each spring. It can bloom from spring through summer, and is…
6 Medicinal Herbs to Forage in Spring
What to forage in spring—that’s a hot question this time of year. The herbalist’s medicinal year doesn’t begin in the fall with cold and flu season. It begins in the…
Home Remedies for Seasonal Allergies | Herbs & More
As an herbalist I get this question every single year—what are some good home remedies for seasonal allergies treatment? And while there are a lot of questions I’d have for…