Photo Gallery: Intro to Seed Saving Workshop
Check out the photo gallery from Raíces EcoCulture’s Intro to Seed Saving Workshop with Rachel Dawn Davis in Highland Park, NJ, May 21, 2017.
Culantro/ Cilantro: No, It’s Not the Same!
Culantro (Eryngium foetidum L.,Apiaceae) is both a cooking and medicinal herb well known in the Caribbean, West Indies and the Far East, not to be confused with cilantro. Some of its common names are spiny coriander, shado beni and bhandhania (Trinidad and Tobago), chadron benee (Dominca), Coulante (Haiti), recao (Puerto Rico) and Fitweed (Guyana).
December Showers Bring…December Flowers?!
by Nicole Wines The early part of the winter of 2015 will be known as one of the warmest on record for the Northeast US, the temperate region where our […]
D.I.Y. Fridays – Making Herbal Tinctures
by Nicole Wines Tinctures are an easy way to make a powerful medicine from the herbs grown in your garden or those found throughout your yard or the wild. Tinctures, […]
D.I.Y. Fridays – 10 Ways You Can Help the Bees and Pollinators
by Nicole Wines Honeybees and other pollinators need our help. We humans have moved (forced) honeybee and pollinator species around and between continents, contaminated their food sources, and been a […]
D.I.Y. Fridays – Starting Seeds in Recycled Produce Containers
Reuse produce containers and plastic egg cartons to start your seeds indoors.
Is Healing Mind over Matter?
Everything begins and ends with belief…
Numen – The Healing Power of Plants
by Francisco G.Gómez Syllabification: (nu·men) Pronunciation: /ˈn(y)o͞omən/ noun (plural numina /-mənə/) the spirit or divine power presiding over a thing or place. Origin: early 17th century: from Latin Above is […]
Guanábana – One of Nature’s Miracle Fruits
Learn about the healing properties of Guanábana (Annona Muricata), better known as Sour Sop in the English language.
Of Gurus and Harvests
It took only two short years to make a Pachamama believer out of me. Not being one to seek out sages, gurus or other learned individuals who seem to be […]