hi bob, your write up re Homeopathy is very encouraging, coz that’s our problem here also in the Philippines. Even if my margin of profit is very small i keep doing what i think will help a lot of people. In my own simple way i do give lectures to a group who are intrested to learn about medicinal uses of herbs. I’m getting some reference from the write ups you’re sending me. Again thanks my friend for sharing what you have there.
Evelyn
P.S. Appreciate the Herbal Lore and Legend Series with the medicinal history of herbs.
We received an inquiry from our herbal lore/legend enews about above where a lady had been drinking fennel tea and was looking for other potential herbal remedies. Prompted a “google inquiry” and wanted to share with you.
Utilizing herbs for irritable bowel syndrome ( IBS) relief or treatment is one natural method that more and more individuals are turning to in an effort to ease their suffering from this condition. Read More…
Mr. Johnson,
I have been nurturing a bay leaf tree in my garden for the past 10 years. The tree is now nearly 13 feet tall! I need to trim it back and hate to waste all of those flavorful leaves. Do you know if there is a way I can sell those leaves to an herb vendor? Or if you know of any local markets that may wish to purchase bay leaves? I would like to prune the tree back and I know I’ll have hundreds/ thousands of leaves to spare.
Sherrie
Hi Sherrie, happy post Thanksgiving.
One of best ways to sell is in local farmer’s mkt. or health food type grocer. Emphasize no pesticides, natural etc.
Also if you have long branches you might consider adding value by creating wreaths using the long branches and now not only does one have an “edible wreath” but it also is aromatic if placed indoors.
Hope this helps and also I don’t know where you live, but congrats on your continuing success with your bay tree. Quite an accomplishment!!
Herbanite bobj
following a post on Garlic on our herbal tips enewletter received the below comment from C. Moonstar which is interesting.
Bob
Ewwwwwww…I believe that garlic as well as chicken soup has medicinal value. However, I draw the line sometimes…I believe that my friends must think it wards off evil because they even use garlic in their grits.
My maternal grandmother was a true herbalist and she planted crops year round of her wares. Each year as winter approached, my mother would help her harvest the ready herbs and cover her herbal garden plants with straw to protect them until the weather became warmer. Each year in the spring, the gypsies (honest truth Bob) came with their entourage of wagons and horses to gather their needs for the coming year.
Now how or why my mother made warm milk with garlic and butter when I was sick with a cold, I do not know. Just the thought of those days gags me. This is one recipe that I do not have nor do I want….eeeewwwwww.
Thanks for the info on garlic. I am sure that I could have also learned a lot from my grandmother. I am sad to know that her skills and knowledge were buried with her since I was only 6 months old when she passed. I am sure that despite her limited purse she had a vast wealth of knowledge. Hopefully, our paths will cross in the skyland one day.
Blessings of the season, Bob
CMM
Garlic as Medicinal & Garlic Recipe
Hey Herbanites -
Know some of you are writers or wannabe writer’s so here’s you chance to write and maybe get some money for doing so. Annie Nice of Tir Na nOg and the GJCAE have teamed up for the first IrishFest Writing & Poetry Competition. Try your hand and come on over even if you are not a writer to congratulate the winners at IrishFest at Festival Park.
Hi Bob,
I am having trouble with the rabbits and raccoons digging up my plants (tiger lily, jack in the pulpit, trillium, ferns, daisies) and digging into and uprooting my tomato plants. They have been completely eating my parsley, celery and fennel (planted fennel 3 times). I have the garden surrounded by wire fencing to protect it from the deer, but they are digging underneath. I have tried the commercial invisible fencing from the garden centers, but no success. Is there an herbal repellant?? I do not want to use anything which will harm the animal.
Thanks!!
Taerie
Herbanite Bob
I am having an awful time with my sedum. It came down from N.E and survived last year well.
This year, one pot is being eaten by something the other is covered in mildew.
They sit on the opposite side of the same stairs. Any suggestions as how to treat it?
Thank you for the newsletters.
Laura
Below is comment from one of readers on specific problem, using organic natural products for organic gardening pest control. Can anyone help here? Thanks.
Hi Bob,
Thank you for your advise on the ivory soap, it did help the Sweet Basil. Do you know if i can do it the same to take care of white flies? I don’t know if that is what it is but i have on my tomatoe plant and getting on other plants that have small white bugs that look like small as a flea and it flies. They are under the leaves and if i shake the plant they start flying. They are on my lantana plant and i think they are getting on my other plants. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Jo Ann
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Onions
Written by Zola Gorgon – author of several cookbooks.
Watch out for those spoiled onions.
I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products. Mullins is HUGE and is owned by 11 brothers and sisters in the Mullins family. My friend Jeanne is the CEO.
The facility is mammoth. We toured about 280,000 square feet! Questions about food poisoning came up and I wanted to share what I learned from a chemist. Read More…
Tea Tree Oil has been used for acne treatments as well as ultraviolet – C- range light to eradicate systemic infections. Arguments have been made that since acne vulgaris was from a bacterial source, below the surface of the skin, that a topical anti-bacterial, such as Tea Tree could not kill the bacteria since it did not touch the bacteria. The same arguments made are typical of similar arguments originally made about C-range ultraviolet energy being incapable of destroying pathogens of a systemically infected patient.
What is overlooked in that simplification is that all bacteria tends to colonize, ie.forms “pockets” or comes together as a group. This is most common where we use ultraviolet energy, C- range, on bedsores (decubitus ulcers), and the patient has a systemic infection versus a local infection. Systemic simply meaning the bacteria is within the patient’s body and not centralized in the bed sore itself. Read More…
