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Autumn daisy

Autumn daisy, a festival of colors

Perennials
Treat kidney stone plants

Diuretic plants: birch, dandelion and the herbal tradition of urinary comfort

Health
Dandelion in field

Dandelion, people actually grow it!

The Vegetable Patch
Cuttings from favorite plants

Prepare cuttings from your favorite plants

Special reports
Bearberry health benefits

Bearberry (uva-ursi): traditional uses, preparation and cautions

Health
Milkvetch astralagus benefits

Mongolian milkvetch (Huang qi): traditional uses, preparation and cautions

Health
vegetable patch in fall with spinach growing in the foreground

Life goes on in the vegetable patch

The Vegetable Patch
Bladder-senna fruits, light pink balloons

Bladder-senna, pods full of air like tiny balloons!

Shrubs
Indoor barberry plants

Growing Barberry indoors

Indoor plants
Newly planted dwarf barberry shrub.

Dwarf Barberry varieties, berberis for low-lying hedges and wonderful shrub beds

Shrubs
Berberis bonsai grown from stump of a larger shrub.

Barberry bonsai, how to grow one from scratch

Special reports
Hard pruning lavender

Hard pruning of lavender, a three-year task

Garden Flowers
Layering lavender

Layering lavender, a great way to propagate lavender

Garden Flowers
Woody lavender pruning

How to prune lavender that is woody

Garden Flowers
Raised incredible edible garden bed in a city

Incredible edible, new urban vegetable patches

Special reports
How to minimize lawn care

To reduce lawn care…

Lawn Care
Ground cover plants

Ground cover plants, no more mowing!

Lawn Care
Yarrow

Yarrow, an easy herb

Herbs and spices
Plum facts

Plum, a sweet delicacy: key facts and origin

The fruit Orchard
Health benefits of watermelons

Watermelon: how to use the flesh, seeds and rind

Health
provide insect bird animals with shelter

Provide small animals, insects and birds with shelter

Special reports
small japanese garden ideas

Japanese inspiration for the garden

Special reports
Husks and hulls of Sichuan pepper with slight infection.

Sichuan pepper regulations – common sense prevails!

Special reports
Block of moldy cheese.

Mold on Food: Which Ones Are Safe, and Which to Cut Away

Health
Old rice casserole molding

Moldy Food: Which Ones to Throw Away, and Which Are Safe

Health
A plate with molding food like apples, prunes and tomato.

Avoiding mold on food

Treating diseases and pests
Moldy tomato next to a healthy one.

Mouldy food, fruit and vegetables: what to cut off, what to bin

Health
A robin bird in a mahonia tree, an example of the many mahonia benefits

Mahonia benefits for house, health & more

Special reports
Harvesting mahonia

Harvesting Mahonia berries – easy but watch for stains

Special reports
Bowl of Mahonia berries with leaves on wicker mat.

Mahonia: how the root, stem and berry are traditionally used

Health
Mahonia berries doused with cream and brown sugar.

Cooking Mahonia berries – great options for this tart & healthy berry

Recipes
A warning sign made out of mahonia berries on a white background.

Mahonia Berries (Oregon Grape): How to Use Them and Who Should Avoid Them

Health
The mahonia berry, with seeds, fruit and leaves.

Mahonia berry – sweet & tart, best after freezing!

Special reports
Mahonia eurybracteata

Mahonia eurybracteata, a yellow-blooming fall shrub

Garden Flowers
Mahonia soft caress

Mahonia Soft Caress, fern-like leaves for a Japanese garden

Garden Flowers
Lavandula latifolia

Lavandula latifolia, the broad-leaved lavender

Garden Flowers
A full panicle of spike lavender flowers close-up, slightly dried.

Spike lavender, the lavender for wild rock gardens

Perennials
Make poinsettia red

Poinsettia, start right now to make it turn red again

Flowering houseplants
Evergreen laurel

Laurel, evergreen species for greenery in winter 

Shrubs
Mulch, a winter protection, under a soapbush shrub

Protect easily your garden from the cold

Special reports
fushia

Fushia vs Fuchsia, spelling for this garden flower shrub

Garden Flowers
Fuchsia fulgens

Fuchsia fulgens, beautiful carmine flowers

Garden Flowers
Chrysalidocarpus plant

Chrysalidocarpus, advice and care

Indoor plants
Primrose - Primula

Primrose, one of the first to bloom!

Perennials
Stone mortar and pestle with sprigs of lavender in it, ready for crushing to treat asthma

Breathing herbs: the plants traditional herbalism turned to for easy, comfortable breathing

Health
flax seed - Health benefits

Flaxseed: how to grind, dose and use it, and when to leave it alone

Health
Peperomia

Peperomia, a houseplant noted for its foliage

Foliage houseplants
Reduce transplant shock

Minimizing transplant shock – tips & tricks to make sure your plant survives

Treating diseases and pests
Flax mulch

Flax mulch, one of the brightest plant mulches for the garden

Special reports
Elder, sambucus nigra, flower

Black elder, known for its fruits

Shrubs
Health benefits of marshmallow

Marshmallow root (Althaea officinalis): traditional uses, preparations and cautions

Health