Post series: All About Herbs

If you could only grow ONE herb, what would it be?

Garlic.  Many herbalists, when asked, admit that if they could only grow 1 herb in their edible landscape it would be garlic.  This is, of course, a hypothetical question that is not based in reality because there’s nowhere in the world you can only grow a single herb.  Yet the question is always poised, seemingly giving whatever herb they would theoretically choose added clout.  Garlic, however, is absolutely my favorite herb and the reason we start the series with this herb. Continue reading “Garlic, The Superb Herb”

Herbal Actions Overview

Herbal actions, so they are called, is the general tendency of the herb in the body.  Each herb will have a specific herbal action, which we will take a deeper look into further down in the article, and some herbs will have many herbal actions.  Continue reading “An Introduction to Herbal Actions”

Welcome to the first post of many dealing with herbs. 

Herbs are one of my favorite plants as they provide so many benefits to us as humans and to the ecosystem they’re a part of.  There are so many wonderful herbs that will grow in our area it seems almost limitless as the uses and places we can plant them.  Just a few benefits of herbs are: Continue reading “All About Herbs”