When I was just starting my practice, I had the honor of speaking with a reporter for Indian Country Today about traditional techniques for staying well during flu season. This was a decade before COVID changed our lives forever. And while the ongoing pandemic still...
Why I love garlic, reason number zillion. Herbalists generally moan when asked "what's your favorite herbal medicine?" But I think most of us secretly enjoy the game of choosing the top three, five or 10 plant medicines we'd want with us on a desert island. Regardless...
Garlic fights cancer, part... what number are we up to now? This summer, I got a note from one of my writer friends. A new study on garlic and lung cancer was out, would I be willing to comment for her article? She was reporting on a Chinese study that found regular...
A spring planting guide while you’re planning what to plant Gardeners have a big advantage during deep darkness of a northwest winter: We get to pore over garden books and catalogs that offer shards of sunlight and whiffs of spring. Dreaming about striped tomatoes,...
My favorite seed catalog came in today’s mail. What's new for 2010: organic Floriani red flint corn, green meat radish, Bolivian rainbow pepper, purple pac choy, ruby streaks mustard. This is why I started gardening – I was awed by the incredible diversity of life I...