Plants
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Nature’s Original Toothbrush
Researching the topic of homemade toothpastes recently, I began to wonder what people did before there were plastic toothbrushes. Turns…
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Yarrow for Oral Care
In a recent article I described the use of the herb yarrow (Achillea millefolium) as first aid for a bleeding…
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Yarrow for Wound First Aide
The herb yarrow (Achillea millefoleum) has had many names, attesting to its many, many uses. Its particularly well known for…
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Growing a fig tree up a wall
Our garden has some constraints: (a) available space; and (b) available sunlight. Taken together it was not possible to generate…
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Frost in the Garden
It seems many a gardener spends the winter locked up inside, hiding from the chilly weather, darning socks in front…
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A Year in the Life of a Deciduous Tree and Understanding Our Role as Facilitators
Unlike other methods of growing food, in permaculture, we try to understand the natural order of things and do our…
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Edible Weeds on Farms
The word “weed” has negative connotations to many people. As such, some humans go about disturbing the landscape, poisoning and…
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A Permaculture Take on Why to Grow Zinnias
I’ve been getting into flowers this year. At one of my jobs, a gardening gig, in addition to growing organic…
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What’s Happened To Your Mineral Intake?
Minerals are essential to life, but they’re becoming less available to us in our food. This article, which follows on…
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How to Use Your Fresh Culinary Herbs
I’m a huge fan of the herb garden right outside the kitchen door, as well as dotting herbs throughout vegetable…
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All About Weeds
Weeds are a symptom, not the cause, of a problem. We can observe weeds to read the landscape, deduce what…
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Nitrogen-Fixing Trees for North Carolina (USDA Zone 7)
A piece of me feels guilty when I look at trees now. I used to love them for the simple…
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