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NEW SOCIETY BLOG — Homegrown City Life
How to Use Yarrow for Medicine
In the summer months, you can often find yarrow and it’s pretty white flowers blooming all around you. Yarrow has a very long history of being used as a medicinal treatment for a range of ailments. Today, we take an excerpt from The Artisan Herbalist where Bevin Cohen explains the background of Yarrow and how you can use it as medicine.
Tags: Book excerpt, Gardening, Homegrown City Life
Hardy Greens for Your Garden
If you are a seasoned gardener, or frequent farmers market shopper, chances are you’ve come across shoulder season greens. These greens can be planted very early in spring and again in late summer for a winter crop. Today, we take an excerpt on hardy greens from The Food Lover’s Garden by Jenni Blackmore on some of the greens that you might want to consider adding to your garden.
Interview with Willoughby Arevalo, author of DIY Mushroom Cultivation
Today's interview is with Willoughby Arevalo, author of DIY Mushroom Cultivation:Growing Mushrooms at Home for Food, Medicine and Soil. Willougby is a mycologist, artist, and educator who is a member of the Vancouver Mycological Society.
Tags: Cultivation, DIY Mushroom, Fungi, Homegrown City Life, Mushrooms