It’s been quite a ride and it is still going at a high speed. From the moment of realization that the world of healing herbs was calling me, to my first herbal class, to running a small-scale herb ...

Hyde Park – Standing recently in a neatly tended field of orange-blossomed calendula, Melanie Carpenter looked over at her family's sprawling vegetable garden nearby and said regretfully, "It's a mess ...

Lori Trojan standing in Wild Ivy Herb Farm on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. More than 70 kitchen and medicinal herbs grow at Wild Ivy Herb Farm, which is carrying on a family tradition of growing ...

It’s always a pleasure to visit an arboretum, botanical garden, nursery or other garden-related site with friends. The heat and humidity of the past summer necessitated postponing such a planned ...

A recent interview with Karen Spillane of Maine Herb Farm. The farm is located in Tatnic, an area where South Berwick, North Berwick and Wells meet. 1. Please tell us about yourself and how you became ...

Guests at a recent luncheon raved about her carrots simmered in syrup and served with green grapes and pecans. "Carrots need just a little help to be special," she said. In season, the farm will serve ...

It’s a sweltering August day and a welcome breeze stirs a wind chime on a poplar tree near the Riddle home. Nearby, dozens of butterflies flutter in a field of orange, pink and velvety blue flowers as ...

Cyril Guthridge has big ideas about staying small. The farmer and founder of Mendocino County’s Waterdog Herb Farm is a brilliant mind when it comes to the intricacies of sun-grown, craft horticulture ...