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The wonder of “weeds”: Dandelion and miner’s lettuce

  • Post published:April 28, 2020

I had a chuckle while leafing through my library-borrowed gardening book the other day (Food to Grow by the aptly-named Frankie Flowers). The mention of stinging nettle, burdock, and plantain…

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Spring snacks: Chickweed and deadnettle

  • Post published:April 24, 2020

It was a calm, beautiful, cloudy afternoon to go on a little herb hunt. Walks sure have gotten a lot more exciting now that I’m trying to identify every plant…

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