Herbs were once the only birth control available to women. Today, more research is being done to bring herbs to the forefront of alternative contraception.

Mar 8, 2011 - December Fields

A City Herbal is a road map that can be used in any city to forage for food. Botanical and historical information is included along with assorted recipes.

Jun 11, 2010 - Mindy McIntosh-Shetter

In autumn, it's easy to find natural materials for fall decorations. Make a witch's wreath from herb plants for a magical Halloween - kids will love it too.

Oct 12, 2010 - Jen L. Jones

Learn why holistic or alternative medicine remedies for depression or melancholy use Borage for lasting relief from this condition and for other treatments.

Jun 8, 2010 - Melanie Dameron

Many plants have curative as well as harmful properties and were used by healers of long ago for beneficial ointments, love potions and at times instruments of revenge.

Oct 6, 2009 - Michele Dane

Gardeners with a love of herb and herbal lore find numerous ways to make their experience pay. A small plot of land and a little determination is all that's needed.

Nov 17, 2009 - Lorraine Syratt

Compilation of the first five years of The Essential Herbal Magazine. The book includes readers contributions to the magazine from the spring and summer issues.

Jan 2, 2009 - Lynn Smythe

You'll never buy hand or body lotion again when you discover how easy and inexpensive it is to create luxurious homemade herbal lotion with this simple recipe.

Feb 18, 2010 - Pat Spence

January is National Hot Tea Month. Create lesson plans for teaching kids about tea customs, tea history and benefits of tea drinking, study tea geography and science

Nov 20, 2008 - Lisa Russell

Plant lore may be interesting, but not always practical. Plants used in healing and spell work can be fascinating and frightening...but do they belong in common gardens?

Jan 2, 2008 - KC Morgan

Learn from the late Adelma Grenier Simmons who knew how to decorate for a country Christmas. Using herbs, she created traditional living Christmas wreaths.

Nov 6, 2010 - Jen L. Jones

Some herbal plants are steeped in superstition and folklore. Learn about the Halloween herbs mugwort, angelica, mullein ... and birch for broomsticks, too.

Jul 23, 2010 - Jen L. Jones

Most religions have more than one branch of practice to it, or more than one sect. Wicca is no exception to this.

Apr 4, 2007 - Minden Pettengill

Old fashioned cures, remedies, protections, amulets and charms from your herb and flower garden to make your Halloween trick or treat night a safe, relaxing experience.

Oct 14, 2007 - Barbara M. Martin

As long as you have a porch or sunny window, you can reap the benefits of the medicinal herbs profiled in this ongoing series.

Oct 21, 2007 - Kelsie Gray

Mistletoe is associated with Christmas and kissing, but the natural history of this familiar group of parasitic plants is as interesting as the tradition and folklore.

Nov 14, 2007 - Rosemary Drisdelle

Never transplant it or give it away, expect 90% of it to go to the devil and beware Greeks bearing it - learn about the superstitions of parsley lore

Jul 31, 2011 - Elaine Findlay

People observing St. Patrick's Day on March 17 will have more luck keeping their Pot of Gold by shopping online for inexpensive gifts that the whole family will love.

Feb 21, 2010 - Carolyn Morgan

Rose hip tea is full of nutrients and has many health benefits.

Jan 11, 2010 - Nita Mukherjee