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The Spring Herb Walk: What to Look for Right Now

The first days of March bring a particular excitement for anyone who pays attention to plants. The light is changing. Something shifts in the hedgerows. The very first green appears, tentative and tender but making its declaration. Spring’s first herbs are among...

Nettles: The Herb That Bites Back and Nourishes Deeply

Most people have an involuntary relationship with nettles: a brush against one that left a memorable stinging impression. The plant responsible for that sting is, from the herbalist’s perspective, one of the most nutritionally complete and medicinally...

Cleavers: Spring’s Sticky Gift to the Lymphatic System

If you have walked through a hedge in spring and found yourself covered in small sticky green things, you have had an intimate encounter with Galium aparine. Cleavers, goosegrass, sticky willy: it has more country names than almost any plant in the British tradition,...

Dandelion: The Whole-Plant Medicine Growing in Your Garden

The dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) grows on every continent except Antarctica. It appears in every garden not treated with herbicide, in pavement cracks, in neglected corners, and in the most inhospitable places. It produces medicine in every part of itself across...

Starting Seeds for the Medicinal Herb Garden

There is a particular pleasure in starting seeds: part anticipation, part faith. You are planting something in a small amount of compost and trusting that several weeks later it will have become a plant. For the medicinal herb grower, this act carries additional...

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