Recent Articles

Eat The Weeds: Yellow Pond Lily (in: Eat The Weeds)
Aug 26, 2010

Learn with Green Deane about yellow pond lilies, available around the world as bullhead lily, spatter dock, and cow lily, wild food. Harvest, process and prepare the seeds in a stir fry. How to identify as well...

Which of the following is NOT true about tumbleweed or Russian Thistle? (in: Weekly Quiz)
Aug 26, 2010

Gardener’s Hand Cream (in: Mountain Rose Notes)
Aug 25, 2010

This month Mountain Rose Herbs brings us a wonderful and simple hand cream recipe for gardeners. The sesame oil in this rich cream acts as a mild sunscreen, and the scent of lavender is a natural insect repellant...

Rendering Beeswax video, Part 1 (in: Rosalee de la Forêt)
Aug 24, 2010

Are you a beekeeper? Even if you aren't you can often buy unrendered beeswax for cheap from other local beekeepers. In this two part series Rosalee and Xavier will show you how to render beeswax step by step for making salves and candles.

Beebalm video (in: HerbWalk with Kiva Rose)
Aug 23, 2010

Beebalm (Monarda fistulosa) is often called "oregano of the mountains." and is a member of the mint family. One of Kiva's favorite plants, she makes everything from pesto to tincture with it...

Herb TV: The Mexican-Indian Herbal Tradition (in: HerbTV)
Aug 21, 2010

Kickapoo Indian herbalist Patrisia Gonzales explains her herbal traditions. Herbs include cactus, aloe and rue. Patricia's journey of getting back in touch with her healing heritage is inspiring...

Which is true about about hickories? (in: Weekly Quiz)
Aug 19, 2010

A Golden Torch: Mullein’s Healing Light (in: Kiva Rose)
Aug 18, 2010

This velvet leafed plant with its brightly bloomed flowerstalk is one of the most easily recognized and well known of almost any wild or domestic medicinal herb. Around here, the old-timers refer to it as Indian Tobacco...

Milkweed video (in: Rosalee de la Forêt)
Aug 17, 2010

Learn all about milkweed, Asclepias syrica, in this video with Rosalee de la Foret. She'll cover edible and medicinal uses as well as highlights it's important role in the ecosystem...

Alder video (in: HerbWalk with Kiva Rose)
Aug 16, 2010

Alder is a common tree in North America. Canyon Alder (Alnus oblongifolia) is the species Kiva gathers in the Gila. The leaves are anti-inflammatory and healing, and are great in salve...

Eat The Weeds: Cactus, Opuntia (in: Eat The Weeds)
Aug 14, 2010

Learn from Green Deane about edible cactus, a wild food far more common than people think. How do you eat them without getting spines? Recipe ideas, and all sorts of interesting info out our spiney friend, the cactus...

Which is the following is true about Amaranth? (in: Weekly Quiz)
Aug 12, 2010

Help with Kelp (in: The Essential Herbal)
Aug 12, 2010

The largest plant growing on the face of the earth, this plant of the ocean is also the most useful, indispensable to all other plants. Kelp joins the rank of herbs, the “workhorses of the plant kingdom.”