For the past three decades or so, I’ve been practicing as a veterinarian. Early in my career I discovered the powerful healing benefits of medicinal plants. Herbs have been a part of my daily practice ever since. I’ve used them for treating gunshot wounds, rattlesnake bites, gangrene, kidney stones, anxiety, serious infections, and about every […]
It seems, of late, that the world is trying to tell us something. And what is it trying to tell us? Bad Stuff Happens! We used to turn on the news to see what the weather was going to do tomorrow. Now we tune in to find out which city is in flames today or […]
Sir Isaac Newton, the famous physicist that discovered and quantified the law of gravity, codified the laws of thermodynamics, motion, mechanics and astronomy and (when he got bored with all of that) invented the reflective telescope and created the mathematical system of calculus, described himself as follows: “I do not know what I may appear […]
I have nine daughters. My six sons were outnumbered early on and never really had a chance. Have a look. Cute no? That picture was taken about 10 years ago. All of the kids are adults now…mostly married and producing some particularly cute grandbabies. As you might imagine, my home is regularly full of visiting kids and grandkids. […]
We have some exciting news here at HomeGrown Herbalist. Moving day is upon us! As I mentioned a few weeks ago, we have purchased some new property and will be moving our facilities a few miles East of our current location in the next day or so. So, what does that mean to you? It […]
Spring has sprung and folks are venturing from their homes after their cozy Covid quarantines to explore their yards and see what’s up. And what is it that’s up? Weeds! That’s right, our yards and gardens are burgeoning with weeds at every turn, dandelions, mallow, purslane…well the purslane isn’t burgeoning yet but I’m betting […]
More than ever before, people are realizing that things can change. Recent events have shown the fragility of our normal lifestyle of ease and abundance. Historically, people have often taken measures to prepare for difficult times. Whether that preparation involves a few extra cases of canned goods in the pantry or a completely-stocked, bug-out bunker buried […]
A few months ago I wrote a blog article called The Turf War and Idealogical Tribalism. It expressed my thoughts on the importance and value of both modern medicine and traditional medicine and how both sides would do well to be more open minded and cooperative. I mention this to emphasize that my intent in expressing the […]
So, the United States (along with the rest of the world) has been under quarantine for several weeks. In some areas, infection rate curves for COVID-19, our fancy new coronavirus are flattening out a bit. That’s good. In other areas, they continue to climb. The intent of this national quarantine was, so far as […]
As one might expect, the Covid-19 coronavirus has people concerned and very interested in herbs that can stimulate immunity or fight the virus directly. As a result, the demand for herbal medicines and other natural health supplements has been historically high in recent weeks. Many of our nation’s premier herb importers and distribution companies are no […]
