Celery is one of those foods that is most often eaten raw or used in soups and stocks much like an herb is. It’s not one that you can really preserve by canning, pickling, or freezing to good...
Coneflowers are one of those native flowers that is beautiful, long-blooming, attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds, and offers medicinal benefit to us. What else can you ask for in a flower...
Jan Hoadley grew up on a family farm in Illinois, and learned early that being different was OK. She’d been drawn to heritage and heirloom varieties partly because of the historical aspect...
by Mary Pellerito The joy of learning about native plants is understanding their role in the ecosystem. And it is pretty cool to see that ecosystem working in your own garden. Take the cup plant. ...
“One of the most important resources that a garden makes available for use, is the gardener’s own body. A garden gives the body the dignity of working in its own support. It is a way of rejoining the...
Have you ever wondered if worms fall from the sky? OK, probably not, but then why every time after it rains are there worms in the bottom of the bowls and buckets I leave sitting around the garden? ...
Comfery (Symphytum officinale) is one of these amazing plants that every farm, orchard and garden should have. It is super easy to grow, easily propgated, mostly disease free, and has many useful...
In Acqualagna, the saying goes that “it’s truffles year round”. The prized black winter truffle and the black summer truffle, the ‘little white’ spring truffle and especially, the white fall truffle...
By Márcia Zoladz This winter I went to Paris, and all I wanted was to walk around the city, as I was staying in a new neighborhood -the 10tharrondissement – close to the Canal of Saint Martin. The...
By Mary Pellerito Looking out at my predominately brown winter landscape, I want to add some plants that will provide some winter interest next year. For a native plant lover, I appreciate color...