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Elderberry – An Herb for Flu Season
Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis, Sambucus nigra)
By Ursula Basch
Herbal Bear School of Botanical Medicine
Elderberries have been used as an herbal remedy for centuries. Widely used in North America, Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa, Elderberry is used for its antioxidant activity to boost the immune system, for coughs, colds, flu, [...]
Osmanthus Fragrans – Also known as the tea olive plant, is often used as a landscape shrub. The intoxicating osmanthus flowers are infused into many chinese and asian teas.
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The tea olive plant is a beautiful garden shrub, and is part of the osmanthus family. Osmanthus tea and the tea olive have many benefits and taste great too. Recipe, benefits, buy.
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Black Cohosh
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I’ll always plant some of the same things in the garden every year. I’ll also always plant at least one new variety or vegetable.
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The Summer Glory is my favorite lettuce mix, and the leeks are new to my garden this year. They should have been started indoors in February so they would be [...]
High cholesterol can be found in any person. Still, at more risk are people who lead stressful lives but also maintain unhealthy diets. In order to lower your cholesterol level, the best thing to do is eat foods that are low in fat content (especially one kind of fat – saturated fat) but also to [...]
Just a gentle reminder that you should be on the lookout for Japanese beetles in your garden around this time. Once you spot a couple, act quickly. These first visitors are scouts that can make all the difference in how many beetles will be snacking on your plants this summer. The picture says [...]
I discovered two new wildflowers during my trip to Missouri this year.
The first is called Spring Beauty.
The one above is Wild Sweet William.
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If you love fresh spaghetti sauce or pesto, than you’ve just got to have fresh basil and other herbs all year round! Sure, a nice 1 X 4 window garden getting at least 4 or 5 hours of direct light from a sunny window will give you something to pinch here and there. Gardens with [...]
Outdoors, the only plant light an herb garden needs is the sun. Given a spot with full sun, or even some dappled shade, most herbs will flourish. Indoors, herbs depend on the gardener to supply light as well as nutrients and water.
Natural light
Perched in a sunny window, most herbs will do fine without [...]
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