We where in Maine in November of 2007 when this picture was taken. It was a mild fall, and a very late one, if you remember. We spent some time in the tide pools during low tide looking for sea creatures, and there is no shortage of kelp! We spent the night in Kittery, Maine, and [...]
Milk Thistle has been used for liver complaints for over 2000 years, Discorides, a Greek herbalist used it to cure snake bites – I know, sounds kind of like a snake oil story…haha…it’s not, this herb has serious and effective medicinal properties. What Science Has to Say: Milk Thistle contains silymarin, a mix of bioflavonoids [...]
This may not be something you’ll grow in your herb garden this year, in fact, it’s not necessarily an herb…but it’s green and it grows, so it has my attention. It’s nutritional qualities are well known by many. The picture is not an attractive one, it looks like little worms or parasites, doesn’t it? But [...]
Isn’t this a beautiful picture of an Amish farmer turning the soil in his Alfalfa field? Alfalfa is food for both animal and man. Alfalfa hay is used to feed horses and farm animals, we even used it to feed our our little pet guinea pigs. But Alfalfa is wonderful for people, too. Like Aloe [...]
