by Matt Millage After a brief email exchange with a colleague last fall around this same time, I set off to collect some fallen treasures from the forest floor from a...
Tag - Lore
Plant learning and such – typically passed from person to person by word of mouth:
Keeping turkeys is more challenging than raising any other poultry. When we made the decision to add turkeys, we researched heritage turkey breeds. Our desire is to...
Berenice Dimas, a doula and herbalist from East L.A., is full of the wisdom of those who came before. Here’s a sample: > For resilience during pregnancy, dandelion...
The first time Mahajabeen Padamsee stumbled across Entoloma hochstetteri in a New Zealand Forest, she was happily startled. It was small, just a couple of inches tall...
The other day, I was cooking galbijjim: stewed short ribs. According to Maangchi’s Big Book of Korean Cooking, by the supreme online cooking teacher Maangchi, this...
by Maryann Readal Have you heard of St. John’s bread or locust bean? These are all names for the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua). This herbal tree is a native of...
Beekeeping Today Podcast (S4, E19) The podcast for the latest beekeeping news, information, and entertainment for today’s beekeeper. Hosts Jeff Ott and Kim Flottum...
Ghost pipe plant, Monotropa uniflora, is a beautiful and unusual wildflower. This spotlight explains its habits, conservation needs, and traditional uses. Recently, I...
Goats and dogs were among the first animals to be domesticated by humans. Bone remains found in archaeological sites and advances in genetics have, over the last three...
By Chrissy Moore Medlar (Mespilus germanica) isn’t the first tree you think of to include in your herb garden, but it certainly gets high marks for obscure and...