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Burdock: Another Medicinal Weed to Know

Posted by Nathan on 13th Dec 2016

Burdock (Arctium lappa) MonographLatin Name: Arctium lappaCommon name(s): BurdockFamily: AsteraceaeBotany: Burdock is a biennial herb with large, dark green leaves, tall stalks that can grow several … read more

Decolonizing Weeds

Posted by Nathan on 21st Apr 2014

“On the whole people might be better off if they threw away the crops they so tenderly raise and ate the weeds they spend so much time exterminating.” ~ Euell Gibbons, Stalking the Wild AsparagusI … read more

An Herbal Love Story

Posted by Nathan on 14th Apr 2014

I started regularly gardening towards the end of my undergrad days. It didn’t take long before I also became interested in herbal medicine. My sister was working in the health section of a local co … read more