Green oats (Avena sativa), otherwise known as milky oats have been harvested and used medicinally for generations and are aptly named. Essentially, they are immature oats that haven’t opened their flowers or produced seeds yet. They are still green in…
When you mention mushrooms, most people picture a delicate, soft mushroom with a typical cap and maybe some gills. But chaga mushroom (Inonotus obliquus) is not your typical mushroom, so much so, that its classification is still debated by botanists.…
First I would like to clarify that this is not an article about how to make your own peppermint essential oil. Making peppermint essential oil requires setting up a distillery, and even though you can buy distillery kits, they are…
Once established, lavender is super hardy and can handle a bit of neglect (such as forgetting to water it occasionally). Luckily, lavender is relatively easy to grow from cuttings, especially compared to germinating lavender seed, which so far, I haven’t…
In the Outlander series, a WWII combat nurse called Claire, who travels back in time to 1743, must apply her 20th century medical knowledge while at the same time, she must often make-do with what is on hand or in…
Just type into any online scientific research site “antibiotic” or “antibacterial” and you will be overwhelmed by the plethora of articles. It seems like just about any kind of plant has some degree of anti-bacterial activity, and some are even…
No one likes weeding. There are so many other jobs in the garden that motivate me, but when it comes to keeping on top of my weeds, I suddenly can’t find the time. So why not “value-add” to the onerous…
Even though red clover has been a popular stock feed for over a century, its popularity for human consumption has recently skyrocketed due to some very interesting research in this field; primarily with respect to increasing bone mass, something which…
Pills, teas, and tinctures are all great methods of utilizing plants as sleeping aids and there is even the potential to grow your own ingredients (depending on your climate of course). Choosing which method will depend on which plants you…
The purpose of the duct tape is to starve the wart of both oxygen and sunlight. It’s the same effect when a plaster for a minor wound gets wet and turns your skin into a soft old prune. The skin…