Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is a wonderful perennial herb that can be used medicinally or as a cut flower. The plant grows into a small bush with masses of daisy-like flowers, slightly citrus...
Sunflowers are a staple in most home gardens and diversified farms also find value in growing them. And they are more than just for the birds (and squirrels!). Sunflower kernels are an extremely...
The name of this plant alone says just how cool it is. With a weird spiky flower that beneficial insects love, the Rattlesnake Master (a.k.a. Yucca-leaf Eryngo, Button Snakeroot) is a must have...
Blue Lobelia blooms in late summer (July to September) on one-to-four foot spikes. The plant got its latin name, Lobelia siphilitica, because it was thought to cure syphilis. Blue Lobelia self-seeds...
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...
By Linda Naylor What if an expert gardener did the metaphorical ‘heavy lifting’ so that creating an organic garden became easy… so easy, that you’d challenge yourself to take up The Essential Garden...
By Gina Taylor If you are like me, one of these and one of those is never enough when it comes to plants. What we really desire is a whole bunch of every flower, berry, and beautiful thing to sniff...
By The Peaceful Plate Henry, our adopted dog, will eat anything. I’ve caught him with chunks of lint he’s thieved from the laundry room trash. Rocks and mulch from the back yard are...