The post just before this one is about allergies caused by ragweed pollen, something that a saline nasal spray may be able to help. It seems that each season has a common allergen. For example, spring brings tree pollen, summer brings grass and various pollens from flowers if you are sensitive to them…as well as [...]
I always used to run when I would see Goldenrod, but now think it is a beautiful plant. The picture below was taken during a recent walk through a the New Jersey Botanical Gardens. It wasn’t being cultivated, just growing wild on the way to one of the woodland paths, just like it grows wild [...]
As most of you know, we live in a lakefront cabin that was at one time a summer home. Our small “basement”, if you can even call it that, is a place that can get very damp because the water table is high. You can even find mushroom-type organisms growing on the walls at times, [...]
Mullein is a common site along the roadways where we live and in many parts of the country. The leaves are soft to the touch, which is why it is sometimes called “Velvet Plant”, “Donkey’s Ears” and other such names. In the late summer it grows a tall stalk, that reminds me a bit of [...]
I have enjoyed this pretty plant in my garden, as well as come across it in the wild during “herb walks”. It is not hard to grow, and spreads if it is happy in it’s location. Though native of the Western United States, it can generally be found throughout the country. There is a legend [...]
