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San Jose medicinal plants

A love affair with mullein

Small and delicate or stunningly masculine, the mullein, a member of the verbascum family, enchants the backyard gardener with its visual diversity...
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Rose geranium poundcake and other fine backyard edibles

One of our best medicines is delicious, fresh, natural food from the garden. Of garden herbs, we may know that peppermint is good for stomach...
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Top five medicinals to plant now - grow a medicine chest in your backyard

Early summer is the time to get medicinal plants into your garden. I like to integrate medicine plants into my landscape, that way they serve the...
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Oh, Basil...

As I write this, I am licking pesto off my fingers.No one with pretentions of foodie-ness, arugulism, or a sense of smell should be without a few...
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Tall yellow flowers growing all over the place

It’s the season of Goldenrod! Those tall yellow wildflowers you see growing all over the country side is called Goldenrod and yes it is an...
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Global society and poverty reduction: tourism & sustainable economy

There are three main goals embedded in the global culture: eliminating hunger, and giving opportunity everybody to have a home and job (Home &ndash...
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