Who: Rosemary Gladstar
What She Does: Rosemary Gladstar has been a practicing herbalist for 30 years. She is the author of many books and has founded the California School of Herbal Studies, United Plant Savers, co-founded …

Whenever I see a great blue heron I tend to feel as if I am given a gift of good luck, of some sort of a blessing. I’ve read about the symbolism of this bird, …

Mealy bugs look like little bits of cotton on a plant. They seem to especially like juicy plants like jade, as they latch on to drink the fluids in the leaves.
Denatured alcohol or vodka
Cotton balls
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If you’ve ever been wondering how many toxic chemicals we could put in our home, wonder no longer. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday …

I went to Home Depot to buy a garbage can. I chose Home Depot instead of Lowe’s, which is closer, because of all the aisles of pesticides. I wanted to avoid the smell. Mistake. Home …

My house is built on a hill and so in order to have a garden we needed to build terraces. I was assured by the building supply company in the late 90s when I built …

My daughter brought a friend home from college who had just found out that she was severely allergic to dust mites. Help! I can’t say keeping the dust down is a forte of mine. I …

This image makes me want to sit quietly by a pond for the afternoon.
– Anonymous