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 [...]
One of the harder lessons I learned in my early days of suggesting herbs for medicinal use was with a dear lady that had her blood pressure under control. She had asked me to get something for her that I had used successfully for a health problem, and I got it for her. One of [...]
These little berries look a lot like blueberries, don’t they? They grow in clusters that hang from palm-like trees that grow in places like Belize, Peru and Brazil. Another thing that this berry is said to have that is greater than the blueberry is powerful antioxidants. I have seen this berry talked about on nutrition [...]
I was contacted last week by someone who wanted to trade some seeds for some of my mint, and it reminded me that I’ve been having so much fun posting to the blog, that I’ve wandered a bit from one of the purposes of this site. That is providing a place for people who have [...]
Is it only in old movies that I’ve seen someone walk up to a soda fountain and ask for a Sarsaparilla? Or a “Sasparilla” if you chose the common misspelling of the word. The source of the delicious flavor in this drink is a vine, and the flavor is in the roots. These vines have [...]
