Angelica Root (Angelica archangelica) When it comes to the old angels vs. demons two-step, there is no question of where angelica falls. This heavenly herb wants to be the want on your right shoulder pointing out the roads less traveled as you walk...

Dandelion Leaf (Taraxacum officinale) Deserving of many titles but only widely known by one (‘Weed!’), dandelion is one of the most generous plants on earth and so much more than the poster child for the anti-lawn. Every day of the year, on...

Local Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) Aerial Parts You’ve heard the rumors. Let’s just say – they’re true: if it tingles, it’s working. This sparkly specimen of a plant will leave a taste on your tongue that you may never...

Echinacea Purpurea Root (Echinacea purpurea) You’ve heard the rumors. Let’s just say – they’re true: if it tingles, it’s working. This sparkly specimen of a plant will leave a taste on your tongue that you may never forget...

Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) Directly from a local farm No one has ever wished for just a few more fevers, but plenty among us have wished for far fewer. Enter feverfew, a chamomile and daisy lookalike but very much its own aster-family individual. A...

Plantain Leaf (Plantago major) Get the bananas out of your head, you monkey! This kind of plantain grows not in the tropics but on every single continent except the Arctic and happily provides her green first aid services underfoot to anyone and...

Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) We could just leave it at that – it’s wormwood, hello?! – and let your imagination get the best of you trying to get to know this herb on your own. But while there’s so much in a name, we can at...