Happy Belated Birthday Rick, I think your club and news letter is very intersting..well put together an educational experince!! keep up the hard work:) Hosta...
The winner of last weeks NTH has to be lakelady, for soooooo quickly recognizing "Common Plantain" as last weeks mystery Herb. That it was too. I had no ideas...
Here is this weeks NAME THAT HERB CHALLENGE.<br><br>The bright blue, star-shaped flowers (which bloom most of the summer) make this one of the prettiest herb...
Heeheehee... Janet-Come-Lately seconds Lakelady's i.d.-- it's borage. (I'm going to camp out on my computer next Monday! It's like buying tickets for a popular...
OOOPs! After sending you this weeks edition of The Garlic Press newsletter, It was bounced back to me because your altavista e-mail account has exceeded its...
If you've heard about the recent recall of Baycol and the concerns people are having regarding the statin drugs you may be looking for an alternative. Bios ...
< It seems that I always have trouble with the plants I read are famous for self-seeding. I did get a few borage plants from the Mama one the next year, but...
Hi lizabee,<br><br>To your question on borage's furry leaves, I used to pick them young and the needles weren't so ticklish. If I didn't get to them right off ...
I tried growing borage once. It grew,,died and never reappeared. I used it in salads,,,but only the small leaves..larger ones are a bit spiny. There are other...
Sorry Im a day late with this weeks NAME THAT HERB Challenge. It has been a very busy week or two. What with harvesting large amounts of garlic, and collecting...
could it be chinese licorice root? I think the polysaccarides tip it off to the "sweet"ness of the herb. I belive this one has lots of heling properties for...
>>It is Astragalus.>><br><br>I haven't a clue what this week's NTH is, but I'd like to ask this: How the heck is astragalus pronounced? ...
Exactly.<br>Sorry I didn't answer sooner but I am hardly on. Especially with the Renaissance Festival going on right now I will be lucky if I even have time to...
Sorry about the pic folks... it was one of the best I could find, of this rather unusual yet very helpful herb.<br><br>So Here we go....This weeks NAME THAT...
A friend of mine owns the Charmed store in Utica, MI. Her and I were talking about Astragalus versus Echinacea. Both of us like Astragalus better because...
Hi! <br> I'm going to post this in a few select places, so please forgive if you run across a duplicate elsewhere.<br><br> Does anyone here know just how to...
Ok, just a guess based on the picture only:<br><br>It looks like pics I have of Stinging Nettle.<br><br>The descriptions of medicinal properties aren't really...
As it is friday already, and the great weather has left me in such a groovy mood.... I am going to offer a hint to this weeks NTH Challenge.<br><br>Within its...