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Purslane – One of the Most Nutritious Plants in the Garden

March 7, 2020 By Laurie Neverman 25 Comments
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Did you know that a “weed” may be one of the most nutritious and useful plants in your garden? We’ll share the health benefits of purslane for food and medicine, plus how to use is as a companion plant in the garden.

Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is also known as Verdolaga, Pigweed, Little Hogweed, Pusley, Rigla, Pourpier, pussly, and “rose moss or moss roses”.

Note: Portulaca oleracea bears a slight resemblance to hairy stemmed spurge (Euphorbia vermiculata), which is poisonous. Spurge stems are hairy, not smooth, and it has white sap.

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Broadleaf Plantain – The “Weed” You Won’t Want to Be Without

September 15, 2019 By Laurie Neverman 18 Comments
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Some may view this humble plant as “just a weed”, but once you learn about the wide range of benefits and uses of broadleaf plantain, you’ll never want to be without it. From nutritious leafy greens to soothing healer inside and out, this wild plant is a blessing is disguise. In this post, we’ll share how to identify plantain herb, broadleaf plantain benefits and how to manage it in the yard and garden.

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Marvelous Milkweed – Answers to 21 Common Questions

June 27, 2019 By Laurie Neverman 11 Comments
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Milkweed is a “must have” for butterfly gardening, but the right milkweed plants are good for people, too. We’ll share answers to some of the most common questions about growing and using these beautiful native plants.

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Chicory – Prebiotic, Coffee Substitute, Health Tonic – Weekly Weeder #5

August 31, 2018 By Laurie Neverman 28 Comments
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Welcome to the Weekly Weeder series. Today’s featured plant is chicory, Chicorium intybus. The wild and domesticated varieties of chicory have a long history of use for food and medicine, and as a forage crop for livestock.

blue chicory flowers in bloom by a gravel driveway

Chicory is prized for its long taproot, which is roasted and used as a coffee substitute or coffee additive. The roots are also high in inulin, which is used as a sweetener and prebiotic. The plant contains compounds such as flavonoids and coumarins that may help fight disease.

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Common Ragweed – Tips to Beat Ragweed Season – Weekly Weeder #7

August 15, 2018 By Laurie Neverman 23 Comments
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Today’s featured Weekly Weeder plant is common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia. In this post, we’ll explain what ragweed is, identify prime ragweed season, share some ragweed pictures, and talk about ragweed allergies and control.

Common ragweed is also known as ragweed, hayfever weed, bitterweed, bloodweed, crownweed, mayweed and bane of allergy sufferers everywhere. Some other common ragweed species include bur ragweed, giant ragweed and western ragweed.

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