4 Tips Banish Garden Weeds—Permanently!
January 18, 2016Encourage healthy crops and boot weeds to the curb with these cultivation tips for small-scale gardens.
Foraging For Wild Edibles With Kids
April 20, 2015Teach your kids how to seek out and identify the food only nature can provide by taking them foraging.
Garlic Mustard for Spring Congestion
April 8, 2015Turn this nuisance weed into useful food and medicine fitting for the springtime sniffles.
My 5 Favorite Weeds: If You Can’t Beat ’Em…
February 27, 2015I’m turning my annoyance toward weeds into delicious meals, one wild green at a time.
Please Don’t Pull the Goldenrod!
September 3, 2014A host plant for pollinators and beneficial herb for the urinary tract, goldenrod is emphatically not the cause of your seasonal allergies, so leave it be.
5 Reasons to Let White Clover Grow in Your Lawn
June 12, 2014Up until the 1950s, white clover was included in every lawn seed mixture and having a lush, clover-infused lawn was thing of pride—especially for farmers. These days, with the heavy usage of lawn weed killers, clover is seen as an enemy of turf grass.
Attract Monarchs with These Medicinal Flowers
May 14, 2014We just registered the prairie habitat on our farm Mockingbird Meadows with Monarch Watch and are expanding the plants we grow for them.
Hold the Meds! Feed Wild Spring Greens to Keep Livestock Healthy
May 7, 2014Spring means lots of baby animals. It’s a perfect time for grazers to have their babies because the grass is lush and growing thick, meaning food is abundant and easy to find.
How to Stamp Out Mugwort in Your Garden
April 10, 2014Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) is an introduced weed that’s very aggressive and can quickly overtake garden beds, as it has at my house.
