In the introduction to Nature’s Apothecary author Margaret Willes writes: The classical Greek physician and philosopher Hippocrates once declared ‘Nature itself is the best physician.’ In this book I have …
Read the review: Nature’s Apothecary: Everything old is new again
I’ve just registered for what looks like a fascinating and inspiring event on November 13th featuring a wide range of speakers and starring our beloved corn. This event features 10+ …
Read more: Corn as a Partner and Gift Giver: Free online conference
In her novel North of the Sunlit River, Jessica Bryant Klagmann’s characters face grief and loss amid beautiful depictions of the natural world, from Alaska to New Mexico. Eila Jacobsen is …
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I was once told that a weed is simply a plant out of place. Indeed, one person’s weed may be another person’s precious resource. In Love Them to Death: Turning …
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Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist, activist, author and orator, was also a gardener. In 1949 he published an article about growing pumpkins and in it he wrote: The ground was prepared …
Read the review: Book Review: The Garden Politic: Seeds of evolution and revolution
In Irreplaceable: The Fight to Save Our Wild Places, Julian Hoffman shows us endangered habitats and the creatures who inhabit them—as well as the humans who are fighting to save …
We’re losing birds, by the billions. Which is why I wanted to mention a movement in which you devote 2/3 of your land to native species of plants. If we …