Posts Tagged ‘Healing Plants’
The Healing Garden by Juliet Blankespoor
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. The Healing Garden by Juliet Blankespoor This book came out in 2022, and the subtitle is: Cultivating & Handcrafting Herbal Remedies. Oh, my dear garden friends,…
Read MoreOctober 25, 2024 Patrick Neill, Joseph Hetherington McDaniels, Tyge Wittrock Bocher, The Healing Garden by Juliet Blankespoor, and A Tale of Two Postmen Turned Accidental Alpine Plant Merchants
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1776 Patrick Neill, British printer and horticulturalist, is born. 1840 Joseph Hetherington McDaniels, Classical Scholar, is born. 1909 Tyge Wittrock Böcher [TEE-guh VIT-rock…
Read MorePowerful Absorption Makes Sphagnum Moss a Superior Bandage
“Acidulous preservative water runs from the moss when squeezed and, no matter how often it is squeezed – it never becomes dry.” April 15, 1977 On this day, The Hartford Courant newspaper published an article with the Headline: Doctor Used Moss To Bandage Wounds. Sphagnum moss, used by florists to keep seedlings and stems moist,…
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