Wild Edibles
When cold season approaches, and when earaches, snuffly noses, sore throats and coughs all around, it's a perfect time to talk about mullein. It really is a “go-to” herb for what ails you in cold and flu season. This herb...
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History is full of accounts where someone was on the brink of death from a viral infection -like typhoid or dengue or influenza- and because someone knew to use boneset to inhibit the virus’ ability to multiply and cause a...
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Goldenrod has such a bum rap because when fall allergies flare, people look for who’s to blame. They see golden yellow flowers and deduce they MUST be the culprit! And so, the goldenrod herb has carried a criminal record for...
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Did you know that there is an edible and almost magical "weed" which grows freely in backyards, meadows and along roadsides that has a history of use as far back as the ancient Persians? Alexander the Great Used it...
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Long ago, was a plant known as Filius ante patrem, which means ‘the son before the father’ because its golden flowers appeared and withered before the leaves would ever be seen. With its tufted yellow heads and later-appearing, decoratively lobed,...
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