Grow Your Own Medicine!

Winter getting you down? Are you suffering from colds, flu, joint aches?  It is time to take charge of your health and think about what you can do to feel better. Hundreds of websites have information available for herbal  immunity, such as the use of herbs to build your own immune system, adaptogenic herbs, or herbs for…

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Harvest Time in My Medicinal Gardens

After months of planting, caring, watering and loving, here are some of the fruits of our labor. From the tinest of seeds springs the lovely Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla). The flower is sweet scented and delightful as a tea to calm your stomach and help you sleep.             The  prolific Comfrey…

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Jewel weed- Folk remedy for poison ivy!

 Look at an uninvited but welcome guest  growing in my greenhouse! JEWEL WEED!!!  Jewel weed is in the Balsaminaceae family and is also called Spotted Touch-Me-Not . It is an annual plant growing 3-5 ft tall and  flowers  from June to September                       It usually…

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