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Plant Rant – Bloodroot, Bloom Times and Peep Shows

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Green Farmacy Garden

April 11, 2011 The Washington Post article, Plants’ Earlier Bloom Times Hurting Some Creatures, (April 9, 2011 – front page- A section) reports how climate change may be causing wildflowers to bloom early and adversely affecting the interrelationships of species.  … Continue reading →

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Jim Duke’s Radioprotective Recipes

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Green Farmacy Garden

Today, April 4, 2011, Jim Duke turns 82. Jim continues to write, teach, research, make us soup, make music and inspire on a daily basis.  The last two weeks Jim has been working at compiling herbs with radioprotective activities. Below … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Plant Rant – The Anniversary of Three Mile Island

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Green Farmacy Garden

march 27, 2011 Early spring happenings in the garden: Vinca minor blooms in Alzheimer’s; ramps leafy greens are up in the valley – harvested with bulbs and served in Duke’s soup; ostrich fiddleheads begin to unfurl and are bit by … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Plant Rant – Stalking to Survive

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Green Farmacy Garden

3/14/2011 The earthquake, tsunami and potential for nuclear meltdown have been a horrifying true triple threat to the Japanese people.  Thousands of survivors are stranded or living in shelters with a just a mere paucity of food and water.  Emergency … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Plant Rant

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Green Farmacy Garden

YAWN! After a tough winter that left a battlefield of limbs strewn across the Green Farmacy Garden, Mother Nature woke up and gave us a tease of spring.  She was delighted, but realized that there was a lot of work … Continue reading →

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